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DEPOSITORY OF THE UNITED STATES. 

DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



CAPITAL, - - - $200,000, 



OFFICERS. 

E. S. BALLORD, President. S. F. SMITH, Vice-President. 

G E. MAXWELL, Cashier. C. A. MAST, Asst. Cashier. 

DIRECTORS. 

Hon. H. PRICE. WM. RENWICK. W. D. PETERSEN. 

J. B. PHELPS. I. H. SEARS. E. S. BALLORD. 

GEO. H. FRENCH. S. F. SMITH. 



CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK 



DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



CAPITAL, - - - $100,000.00 

SURPLUS, - - - $100,000.00 



OFFICERS. 

F. II. GRIGGS, President. E. S. CARL, Cashier. 

ROBERT KRAUSE, Vice-President. ADOLPH PRIESTER, Asst. Cashier. 

DIRECTORS. 

T. W. MCCLELLAND. NICHOLAS KUHNEN. F. H. GRIGGS. 

ROBERT KRAUSE. P. T. KOCH. D. GOULD. 

OTTO ALBRECHT. D. N. RICHARDSON. H. H. ANDRESEN. 

W. C. WADSWORTH. 



A General Banking Business Transacted. Foreign Exchange 
Sold at the Lowest Rates. 

We Issue Our Own Drafts on all the Principal Cities of Europe, 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 



GERMAN SAYINGS BANK, 

DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



CAPITAL, $230,000. SURPLUS, $30,000. 



Five Per Cent Interest Paid on Deposits. 

MONEY LOANED ON REAL ESTATE |g£> PERSONAL SECURITY. 

Office open from 9 A. M. to 3 p. M., and on Saturdays to 8 P. M. 



H. 


LISCHER, President. 






OFFICERS. 




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ANDRESEN, Cashier. 








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Cashier. 


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CARSTENS, Attorney. 












DIRECTORS. 












OTTO ALBRECHT. 






N. KUHNEN. 






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M. LYTER. 




H. 


H. ANDRESEN. 






H. LISCHER. 






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J. LORENZEN. 






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The Davenport Savings Bank, 



DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



PAID-UP CAPITAL, - - - $120,000.00 



OFFICERS. 

C. E. PUTNAM, President. R. SMETHAM, Secretary and Cashier. 
LOUIS HALLER, Vice-President. JOHN B. MEYER, Asst. Cashier. 

DIRECTORS. 

JAMES GRANT. CHARLES E. PUTNAM. AUGUST STEFFEN. 

HENRY KOHRS. W. O. SCHMIDT. J. D. MORRISON. 

LOUIS HALLER. S. F. SMITH. RICHARD SMETHAM, 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 



W. C. WAOSWORTH & CO. 

109, ill»113 IB^ST SECOH"D STBBET, 

DAVENPORT, IOWA, 

IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF 

DRY GOODS 

HOSIB KIT, 

Notions, Underwear, Etc. 



Our Stock is New and Inviting, and Complete in Every Department. 
We Guarantee Prices as low as any quotations offered in Chicago or New York. 
We carry the Choicest Stock of Prints and the Best Bbands or Domestics 
to be found in the West. 

SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ORDERS. 



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Old Pictures Copied and Enlarged — Finished in 
Crayon, Ink, and Pastel. 



MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS 



« Picture-Frames* 

gold frames a specialty. all work warranted first-class. 

320 Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arse?ial — '-Advertisements. 3 

ESTABLISHED 1865. 

gQp +fliji>* LI]gE 

J. S. WYLIE, 

SHIPPER OF HARD AND SOFT COAL, WHITE LIME, ETC. 

RATES OBTAINED FOR DELIVERY IN CAR LOTS TO 
ALL POINTS IN THE NORTHWEST. 



HARD COAL ALL RAIL FROM MINES. 



217 BRADY ST. DAVENPORT, IOWA. 




DAVENPORT BOILER WORKS 

CRUPE &, MURRAY, Proprietors. 

All kinds of Boilers. Lard Tanks, Water Tanks, Smoke Stacks, Breechings, 

and Sheet Iron Work manufactured to order. Also Vault Doors, Iron 

Shutters, and Jail Work. Particular attention given to Repairing. 

Orders hy Mail or Telegraph promptly attended to. 

Shop, 317 East Second Street, near Government Bridge, OAVENPORT, IOWA. 



4 Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 

LAND I LOAN OFFICE 

OF 

CHJLS. H. KENT, 

DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



Special attention given to settling of Estates. 

Davenport Property and Iowa Lands a Specialty. 

Dwellings, Stores, and Farms for Sale or Rent. 

Taxes Paid for Non-Residents in City or in any County in 
Iowa. 

Safe Investments made in First Mortgages on Improved 
Real Estate, worth double the amount loaned. 

All letters of inquiry as to the advantages of Davenport 
as a manufacturing point, railroad and river facilities, and 
all business entrusted to my care will meet with prompt 
attention. 

SPECIAL TO MANUFACTURERS. 

1 have in my agency some choice mill sites, from one to twenty acres, with good 
shipping facilities by river or rail. To corporations or individuals who may wish to 
establish any manufacturing industry of merit, the most liberal terms will be given. 

RESIDENCE PROPERTY. 

I have some very desirable residences for sale low ; also, building sites, which may 
be had at reasonable figures. Corporations requiring several blocks or ground for 
erecting dwellings for their operatives can be accommodated. 

MARK THIS. 

Real estate in Davenport will never be lower. Those who take advantage of 
present low prices cannot fail in making a profitable investment. Our predictions 
are based upon twenty-five years experience in the real estate business, and we believe 
we are competent to judge by the knowledge of the past. With the present outlook 
and demand, we are confident that real estate in Davenport is the best-paying invest- 
ment now offered. 

SAFE INVESTMENTS 

Made on first-class Iowa real estate ; first mortgages, worth three times amount 
loaned; interest payable semi-annually, at Boston or New York. Security and 
prompt payments guaranteed equal to any in New England or any of the Eastern 
States. 

TWENTY-FIVE YEAR8 

We have been actively engaged in the real estate business, having now the care of 
many valuable estates, worth from $5,000 to $100,000, acting in the capacity either 
as agent, administrator, executor, guardian, or trustee, which gives us special advan- 
tages and opportunities of knowing the value of real estate, with the general charac- 
ter and standing of applicants for loans. Not a loan that we have placed has ever 
been lost, or in any way compromised. 

RATE OF INTERE8T. 

A medium rate of interest is best for the lender and borrower. A high rate of 
interest does not command the best securities or prompt payments of interest and 
principal. We hIiuII be pleased to correspond with corporations, administrators, 
guardians, insurance companies, or individuals, who may have surplus funds to 

invest. 

CHAS. H. KENT, Land & Loan Agent, Davenport, Iowa. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 5 



Largest Book House on the Upper Mississippi. Established 1858. 

CRAMPTON & CO. 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 

Books, Stationery, Wall Paper j Fancy Goods. 

MANUFACTURERS OF FIRST-CLASS 

BLANK BOOKS- 

ankers, Merchants, and Manufacturers 
Guaranteed. 

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS. 



For County Officers, Bankers, Merchants, and Manufacturers. Price and Quality 

Guaranteed. 



IMPROVED SAFETY 



PASSENGER AND FREIGHT ELEYATORS 




Center Lift, Hydraulic, Steam, Gas, and Hand Power. 

AUTOMATIC HATCH DOOR. BEST ELEVATOR MADE. 

Refer, by permission, to Sieg & Williams (who use gas engine), Geo. H. Young & Co., 
Eagle Steam Bakery, Eagle Manufacturing Co., Dessaint & Sons, Davenport; Barnard & 
Leas Manufacturing Co., Moline Plow Co., Deere & Co., Williams, White & Co., D. O. 
Reid, Dr. P. L. McKinnie, Moline; B. D. Buford & Co., Hawley & Hill, Rock Island; 
Milan Wagon Works, Milan, 111. 

Moline Elevator Co., Builders, Moline, III. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 



D. II. Hartwell, Pres. J . C. Emeis, V.-Pres. and Supt, A. F. Cutter, Sec. and Treas. 

Davenport Steam Heating Co. 

Steam Warming and Ventilating Apparatus for Public and Private Buildings. 
STEAM ENGINES, PUMPS, and BOILERS. All kinds of Machine Work promptly 
done by best of mechanics. Agents for the Haxtun Patent Base Burning Boilers for low 
pressure work, for either soft or hard coal. Also agents for the celebrated Gibbs & 
Sterrett Manufacturing Company's Steam Engines, Crane Steam Pump, Torrent Boiler 
Feed Pumps, and Otto Silent Gas Engines. Outfits for Creameries furnished on short 
notice. Correspondence solicited. 

Junction Third and Front Sts. DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



Established August 15th, 1864. 



ROBERT KRAUSE, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 

Clothing, Cloths ^ Trimmings, 

GKNTLE MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, 

AND 

Manufacturer of Pantaloons, Shirts, and Overalls, 

125 and 127 East Second Street, DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

WILLIAMS, WHITE & CO. 



MANUFACTURERS OF THE 



Best Drop Hammer, with Crank Lift, in America. 

Also a Machine for BENDING IRON into almost any shape with accuracy and dispatch — of great 
utility to Plow-Makers, Car-Builders, and Iron Safe Manufacturers. Also a superior 
GANG BORING MACHINE, running from four to eight spindles and bits at once, usually six — one 
man thereby doing the work of six. Also JUSTICE PATENT POWER HAMMER, Lever Trip 
Hammers, Power Punch and Shears, Upright Drills ; Machin* for Bending Staples, very accurate and 
rapid, and Wood-Shaping Machines. Also Steam Engines, and a full line of Saw-Mill 

Machinery and Steel and Iron Shafting, Hangers, Mill Gearing, and Heavy 
Castings and Forgings. 

3YIOLIl\rE T ILLINOIS. 

GEORGE R. MARVIN, 

Davenport Shirt Factory 

AND 

Steam Laundry. 

Anchor Shirts. Large Collars Made to Order. 

225 Perry St. Davenport, Iowa. 




Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 7 

B. F. TAYLOR, 

FINE 



MANUFACTURER OF 



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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 

Finest Ice Cream and Oyster Parlors in the City. 

210 BRADY STREET, DAVEITPOBT, IOWA. 

SMITH & McCULLOUGH, 

MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN 

Furniture, Carpets, Mattings, 

LACE CURTAINS, DRAPERY, SHADES, ETC. 

Agents for Andrews' Parlor Folding Beds, The Novelty Bed Lounge, and 
Marks' Adjustable Chair. 

I 12 and I 14 East Second St. DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

G. M, SCHMIDT, 

DEALER IN 

BOOTS AND SHOES 

Ladies' and Gentlemen's Fine Shoes a Specialty. 

Southwest Cor. Harrison and Second Sts. DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

H. H. Andresen, Pres. Robt. Krause, Sec. L. P. Best, Supt. 

Davenport Glucose Mfg. Co. 

SUPERIOR DOUBLE-REFINED 

G^ape Sugar, filucose and Table Syrups, 

DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



8 Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 

WM. THOMPSON, 

DEALER IN 

Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables, 

OYSTERS, FISH, SMOKED MEATS, ETC. 

Goods delivered free to any part of city. 

405 BRADY STREET, DAVENPORT, I0"WA. 

BUY THE BEST-THE DAVENPORT CRACKERS. 



BEUFKE, SCHMIDT & CO. 

MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF 

FINE CRACKERS 

Capacity, Ninety Barrels Flour Per Day. 

Cor. Fourth and Iowa Sts. DAVENPORT, IOWAi 

Orders by Mail promptly attended to. 

W. W. Kimball's Branch House, 

1726 Second Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois. 

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Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 9 

Geo. W. Cable, President. J. A. Freeman, Secretary. 

CABLE LUlf B1E €B, 

Steam Gang Saw Mills 

BRIDGE TIMBER A SPECIALTY. 
DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

r. benton. t% ts\ j$T( HT*\it\ TO 9 (?*\ c - H - BENTON - 

Livery, Sale and Feed Stables, 

R. BENTON & SON, 

Cor. Third and Rock Island Sts. DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



Horses Bought, Sold, and Exchanged. 



ISAAC ROTHSCHILD, 

XjIE^ZDUDsTO- 

Glothier and Merchant Tailor, 



DEALER IN 



GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, CAPS | TRUNKS, 

Cor. Second and Brady Sts. DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

111WIL1 8t F1ISIIS, 

IMPORTERS of and jobbers in 

Toys, Stationery, Fancy Goods 

Druggists' Sundries, Musical Instruments, Violin Strings, Etc. 

274 WEST SECOND STREET, t-n a \n7TV7DrkDT- t/^ttt a 

Between Harrison and Main, DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



io Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 



C. S. ELLS, President. C. W. HEALD, Vice-President. 

W. T. BALL, Secretary. 




MOLXNE, ILL. 

MANUFACTUKERS OF 

^Malleable Iron Gastinss^ 



OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 



Moline Wagon Company 




FARM AND SPRING WAGONS. 






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Capacity, Over One Hundred 
Wagons Per Day. 



Illustrated Catalogue Mailed Free, 
on Application. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 



CONTENTS. 



Chapter I. — By Way of Explanation. 

Chapter II. — A Glance Backward, 

Chapter III. — Location and Population. 

Chapter IV. — The Island of Rock Island, 

Chapter V. — Fort Armstrong — The Island, 1804-62, 

Chapter VI. — General Rodman's Work and Death. 

Chapter ATI. — Colonel Flagler's Command. 

Chapter VIII. — -Axsenal and Armory Shops, 

Chapter IX. — The Island Bridges, . 

Chapter X. — Design of the Arsenal. 

Chapter XL — -The Island as a Conservatory of Birds. 

Chapter XII. — Island Incidents, .... 

Chapter XIII. — Davenport, ...... 

Chapter XIV. — Rock Island, ..... 

Chapter XV. — Moline. 

Chapter XVI. — The Great Water Power. 

Chapter XVII. — Manufacturing Advantages, 

Chapter XVIII. — Diversity of Resources, . 

Chapter XIX. — Transportation Facilities. 

Chapter XX. — The Hennepin Canal. 

Chapter XXL — Means of Communication, . 

Chapter XXII. — Banking Houses, . . . . 

Chapter XXIII. — Factories and Mills. . 

Chapter XXIV. — The Jobbing Trade. 

Chapter XXV. — The Press. ...... 

Chapter XXVI. — Educational Advantages, 

Chapter XXVII. — The Public Schools, . 

Chapter XXVIII. — Free Public Libraries, 

Chapter XXIX. — Hotels and Opera Houses. 

Chapter XXX. — Notable Institutions, ... 

Chapter XXXI. — Churches and Societies, 

Chapter XXXII. — Business Associations. 

Chapter XXXIII. — Black Hawk's Watch-Tower. 

Chapter XXXIV. — Meteorological Summary. 



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Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PAGE. 



Map of the Island of Rock Island. . . . Frontispiece 

Black Hawk, . 18 

Main Entrance to Arsenal, . . . . . .20 

General Rodman, . . . . . . . .23 

Colonel D. W. Flagler, . . . . . . -25 

Partial View of Armory Shops, . . . . . 26 

Soldiers' Barracks, . . . . . . . .29 

Colonel George Davenport, . . . . . . 32 

Colonel Davenport's House in i860, . . . . -33 

General Rodman's Tomb, ...... 34 

View of Slyvan Water opposite Moline, . . 38 

Arsenal Water-Power Machinery, ..... 40 

Arsenal Gun Yard, ........ 43 

Railroad Bridge Across the Mississippi River, . . 46 

Map of the Proposed Hennepin Canal, . . . -49 

Rock Island and Davenport Ferry, .... 50 

Colonel Flagler's Home, . . . . . . 51 

Armory Rolling-Mill Chimney, ..... 53 

Cook's Home for the Friendless, . . . . 63 

Armory and Arsenal Shops when in Process of Erection, . 64 

Grace Cathedral, Davenport, . . . . . -65 

Black Hawk's Watch-Tower, looking east, ... 68 

Black Hawk's Watch-Tower ffront view), . . . .69 



Three Cities and Rock Is/and Arsenal — Advertisements. 13 



Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 

RAI LWAY 

IS TIHIIE DIRECT IROTTTIE EZROZMI 

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manufacturing and jobbing center. Every firm, bank, factor}-, railroad, steamboat, profes- 
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ness thoroughly established and prosperous. Their names are but others for public spirit, 
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CHAPTER I 



BY WAY OF EXPLANATION. 



A LMOST daily for a period of ten years, the undersigned has 
^^ been answering questions, as best he could, about Davenport, 
Rock Island, and Moline, their history, institutions, and industries. 
The inquiries have, like the ghost in the play, come in the most 
questionable shape, from transient visitors, press correspondents, 
and by letters from a distance. And, during the decade, the writer, 
in the pursuit of his business as the chronicler of local affairs, has 
exercised the utmost freedom in seeking information, only to repeat 
and scatter it. So it has naturally occurred to him to cover the 
ground once for all, in a series of pencil-pictures of the Tri-Cities, 
their location, resources, and enterprises. 

The locality is certainly the most favored one in the Mississippi 
Valley. It is the site of the National Armory and Arsenal designed 
to be the greatest in the world. It is the manufacturing center of a 
vast and fertile country, covering inexhaustible beds of coal. Rail- 
road lines diverge in all directions. Churches, colleges, academies, 
and school-houses are the monuments religion and intelligence have 
placed on every hand. Nature has been exceptionally generous in 
massing her gifts to delight the eye. Of all these, each in its turn, 
it is the object of these pages to speak. 

No description, however vivid, could tell the whole truth about 
this interesting and picturesque locality. The eye of the artist and 
skill of the engraver have, therefore, been employed to supplement 
the story of the scribe. Without exception, all are new, and every 
illustration has been cut specially for use in this work. The writer 
takes pleasure in acknowledging the assistance, in this regard, of 
Mr. Henry Bosse, of Rock Island. To Colonel D. W. Flagler, 
commandant at Rock Island Arsenal, the writer's thanks are due 
for a revision of all matter pertaining to the Island, past and present; 
and to Captain R. R. Martin, Signal Service officer, for the full and 
valuable meteorological summary which appears at the close of the 

work. B. F. T. 



1 8 A Glance Backward. 



CHAPTER II. 



A GLANCE BACKWARD. 




"V T EAR the center of the upper or northern half of the magnifi- 
^ ^ cent territory drained by the King of Rivers is the natural 
site of a populous city. Here was the chosen camping-ground of 
the Sac and Fox Indian tribes in the days of their power. It was 
the pride and glory of Black Hawk and his ancestors, and many are 
the records and legends of bloody warfare and romantic incident 
associated with Indian life. It was in this 
vicinity that the old Sac warrior matured his 
plans to subdue his encroaching enemies, and 
here he fought his last battles to retain what 
he considered the garden -spot of the vast 
lands possessed by his tribe, and which he 
proudly spoke of as the earthly paradise of 
the Great Valley of the West. 

But the contest proved unequal. The pale- 
face pioneers came from Ohio, New York, 
and New England to occupy and possess the 
broad, rolling prairies, of which bright-colored but not unreal ac- 
counts had reached them. No point of settlement attracted atten- 
tion earlier than this — a locality rich in its loveliness, fertility, and 
varied resources. 

Thus "a local habitation" has been made within the memory of 
men whose allotted years have yet long to run. The last year, 
1882, was the half-centennial of its history. At the close of the 
Black Hawk War, in 1832, there were no settlements on the Iowa 
side of the river. The purchase from the Indians of the territory 
DOW comprising Scott County was made, in common with all the 
river counties, on the 15th of September, 1832, the treaty having 
been made on the one side by -General Scott. In the year follow- 
ing the tide of emigration began, in a feeble way, to flow-in. Each 
su< 1 eeding year it grew larger, as it has continued to do without 
interruption since. 



BLACK HAWK. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal.. 19 



CHAPTER III. 



LOCATION AND POPULATION. 



T'^HE object of this book is not to set forth the advantages or to 
: enumerate the virtues of Davenport, on the west side of the 
river, or of Rock Island, Moline, and Milan, on the east side. It 
is to present as candidly as possible the attractions of the cluster of 
cities which form the setting for the gem of Mississippi River islands. 
The interests of all are the interests of each — commercially, socially, 
and generally — and as one populous center of industry they are 
here regarded. 

The reader may turn to any map and place a pin upon a point 
whose longitude is 13 degrees and 37 minutes west of Washington, 
and whose latitude is 41 degrees and 30 minutes north. From this 
a circle whose radius is four miles may be described, and one has 
before him the exact geographical location of the three cities. Or, 
with reference to well-known places, it may be said that the point 
already fixed — the hub of the wheel whose rim is our convenient 
boundary — is, by rail, 181 miles west of Chicago and 316 east of 
Council Bluffs; by river, it is 332 miles north of St. Louis and 397 
south of St. Paul. Milwaukee is 197 miles distant; Kansas City, 
339; Peoria, 91; Des Moines, 177; Dubuque, 107; Burlington, 84. 

The population of this already defined ring, whose circumference 
is twenty-five miles, is very close to 60,000 people, distributed as 
follows: Davenport, 30,000; Rock Island, 16,000; Moline, 13,000; 
Milan, 1,000. 



The Island of Rock Island. 



CHAPTER IV. 

THE ISLAND OF ROCK IS I, AND, 




MAIN' ENTRANCE TO AUSENAI.. 



I^HE most beautiful of the many islands which divide the waters 
of the Mississippi River, from its source to its mouth, is Rock 
Island. It is the object of attention and praise from the thousands 
of tourists who go up and down the river from May to October. 
Viewed from the deck of a steamboat, it is a picture of grandeur 
which dwells upon the vision, while many a traveler by rail stops 
here for a day to enjoy its shady drives and broad avenues. It is a 
magnificent national .park — one which the public is always free to 
enjoy. tts location is fortunate — almost midway between the head 
of navigation and the largest river city. 

A book might be written about the interesting history of this 
beautiful island It derives its name from the nature of its forma- 



Three Cities a?id Rock Island Arsenal. 



tion. The Island rests upon a bed of rock, consisting mainly of 
gray magnesian limestone, which in places crops out on the surface, 
but is generally covered with from one to eight feet of earth, princi- 
pally loam and clay, though sometimes sand or gravel. The lime- 
stone is hard, strong, and durable, though it is never found in strata 
suitable for quarrying purposes. 

The length of the Island is nearly two and three-fourths miles, 
and its width varies from one-fourth to three-fourths of a mile. It 
contains, above low-water mark, 970 acres. The course of the Mis- 
sissippi, for some six miles, is nearly with the sun, and lengthwise 
the Island lies east and west. The surface of the Island is waving, 
yet not to any marked extent, and it is covered generally with 
sparse timber. On much of it, the first growth of timber has been 
removed, and is replaced by a second growth, mixed with some 
large old trees that remain. The native trees are principally oak, 
elm, ash, basswood, hickory, and walnut. The highest part of the 
Island is that occupied by the shops, all of it being from 17 to 23 
feet above the highest stage of water. The other high grounds are 
generally from 14 to 20 feet above high water. 

At best, no description can convey to the reader any adequate 
idea of the charms disclosed to the visitor. A day may be passed 
in following the roads which wind around the Island's contour ; or, 
more inviting still, the sylvan drives which wander in* their ways 
almost at the will of the pleasure-seeker. Variety is easily found, 
as the driver, without warning, is sure to be led to or across broad 
avenues, one of which runs nearly the length of the Island centrally 
east and west, and two others cross it north and south. 

Throughout the spring and summer, the Island is the home of the 
feathered songsters of all kinds. An Audubon would find in its 
animated colors and caroling trees a paradise of enjoyment. The 
year round the gray squirrels hold high carnival as its undisputed 
possessors. Shooting and trapping are not allowed. Dogs are 
never seen on the Island. But, rich in natural beauty as Rock 
Island is, it has become famed chiefly as the site of the National 
Armory and Arsenal, which are next described. 



22 Fort Armstrong — The Island from 1804 to 1862. 



CHAPTER V. 

FORT ARMSTRONG THE ISLAND FROM 1804 TO 1 86 2. 

"PHE United States acquired its title to Rock Island through a 
A treaty which was made by William Henry Harrison, Governor 
and Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Indian Territory and 
District of Louisiana, with certain chiefs of the Sac and Fox tribes 
of Indians, at St. Louis, Mo., in November, 1804. Black Hawk, 
the famous Indian hero of the Black Hawk War, was the principal 
chief of the Sacs, and did not sign the treaty, but held, during the 
War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War, that the treaty was not 
binding. Various other treaties were signed by other chiefs and 
warriors, but it is doubted if Black Hawk wrote his name to any 
of these, though the records conflict. 

The island of Rock Island was not occupied by white men, and 
appears to have had no history, until the breaking out of the war 
with Great Britain, in 181 2. The Indians occupied it unmolested, 
and it was their favorite hunting and fishing ground, and its beauti- 
ful scenery and rich woods made it a favorite resort for feasts and 
for the performance of religious and other ceremonies. 

In September, 18 15, the Eighth United States Infantry was sent 
from St. Louis to establish a fort upon the Island. Owing to the 
difficulties of travel, the troops first landed on the Island May 10th, 
1 8 \(). Soon after was commenced the construction of the fort, 
named Fort Armstrong, in honor of the Secretary of War. Its loca- 
tion was the extreme northwest corner of the Island. The fort had 
an interior of four hundred feet square. The lower half of the 
walls was of stone, and the upper half of hewn timber. The fort 
wns completed in 1817, and from that time to the breaking out of 
the Black Hawk War, in 1831, no unusual event is connected 
with it. 

After the close of the war, there were no further hostilities with 
[ndians. A garrison was maintained at Fort Armstrong till May 
4th, 1836, when the fort was evacuated. General Street, Indian 
agent, Kad charge of the Island until 1838, when Golonel George 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arse?ial. 23 

Davenport succeeded him, remaining in charge two years. In 1840 
an ordnance depot was established at the fort, of which Captain 
Shoemaker had charge until 1845, when the stores were removed to 
St. Louis Arsenal. From 1845 till the act for establishing the Rock 
Island Arsenal was passed, in 1862, the Island was in the charge of 
a civil agent or custodian employed by the War Department, out of 
the control of which it never passed. 



CHAPTER VI. 

GENERAL RODMAN'S WORK AND DEATH. 

A S early as September, 1841, Congress passed an act for a thor- 
ough examination of the whole western country, "for the pur- 
pose of selecting a suitable site on the western waters for the estab- 
lishment of a National Armory. " The resulting Board of Examin- 
ers gave Rock Island favorable mention in their report. Following 
this, the efforts of residents were persistent in behalf of the Island. 
The act of Congress locating the National Arsenal on Rock Isl- 
and was approved July nth, 1862, and it appropriated for that pur- 
pose $100,000. This was the first 
action of Congress looking defi- 
nitely to the construction of the 
Arsenal. 

Ground for the first building — 
that now seen at the extreme west 
end of the Island — was broken 
September 1st, 1863. The corner- 
stone was laid April 20th, 1864. 
The tower of this building is sup- 
plied with one of the best clocks 
the late general rolman. in the United States. It has a dial 




24 General Rodman's Woi'k and Deatli. 

twelve feet in diameter on each of the four sides of the tower, and 
a striking bell weighing 3,500 pounds. The dials can be easily 
read from the cities of Davenport and Rock Island. 

General Thomas J. Rodman, the inventor of the famous gun 
bearing his name, was assigned to the command of the Arsenal in 
June, 1865, succeeding Major Kingsbury, who was the first ord- 
nance officer in command. General Rodman assumed his duties 
August 3d, 1865, and his command continued until his death, June 
7th, 187 1. The assignment of this office was the strongest evidence 
possible that the Ordnance Department had fully determined to 
build here one of its large, if not its largest, arsenals. 

It was on February 7th, 1866, that General Rodman submitted 
plans to the Chief of Ordnance, comprehending ten great shops, 
in two rows of five shops each, those on the north being designed 
for the Armory, and those on the south for the Arsenal. These plans 
were approved, and General Rodman began the execution of his 
mighty work. 

An act of Congress approved March 3d, 1869, appropriated 
$500,000 for the construction of the bridge across the Mississippi. 
Upon this work of engineering General Rodman bestowed a great 
deal of time, labor, and trouble; and to him belongs the honor of 
completing the plans. He lived to see his plans for the Arsenal 
materialized in the construction of two of the great shops and the 
quarters for the commanding officer. 

General Rodman died at his quarters at the Arsenal June 7th, 
187 1. At the request of the Chief of Ordnance, he was buried 
upon the Island, in a lot of ground set apart for that purpose, near 
the National Cemetery, at the east end of the Island. There a 
modest shaft, bearing the honored name of "Rodman," marks the 
last resting-place of the illustrious soldier and noble citizen. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 25 



CHAPTER VII. 

col. flagler's command — review of the work accomplished. 



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OL. D. W. Flagler was placed in command of the Arsenal by 
an order issued from the Adjutant-General's office, June 15th, 

187 1. His selection was one of 
great wisdom and appropriate- 
ness. It is gravely doubted if 
from the affluent list of ordnance 
officers another choice of equal 
aptness could have been made 
for the place. The interval of 
time (twelve years) demonstrates 
the sagacity of the assignment. 

Colonel Flagler at once fully 
comprehended the importance of 
the great work placed in his 

COI.D. W. FLAGLEE. . 

charge, and to it he has since 
given his time, careful attention, and profound study. The plans, 
as he received them, were imperfect in the details compared with 
the elaborate work that has grown from them, with the numerous 
changes and improvements that have been made. Inventions of 
practical value, resulting in conceded economy, have been applied. 
The progress of construction has been supplemented by the manu- 
facture of stores for the army to the extent of $125,000 annually. 
In this way, the Commandant has proved that ordnance stores can 
be manufactured here and distributed to the army cheaper than they 
can be fabricated in the east and brought west. 

It would require pages where lines can be used to enumerate the 
works which have been begun, finished, or are now in course of 
completion, by Colonel Flagler. A glance over the field shows it 
to contain eight shops entirely built, the last two now being so far 
advanced as to be fairly included; the commanding officer's quar- 
ters; buildings for officers' quarters; the soldiers' barracks; post 
buildings; a complete system of sewers; the Moline bridge; roads, 



26 



Arsenal and Armory Shops. 



streets, and avenues about the Island; the water-power wall ; powder 
magazine; pump house;" the water-power improvement; transmis- 
sion of power; the grading and ornamentation of grounds; the 
work of care and preservation of property; operating the draw- 
bridge ; excavations for an artificial lake ; elevated water tank and 
system of water mains; the manufacture of shop fixtures and ma- 
chinery. These, in part, furnish the reader an idea of the diversity 
of the vast national plant. 



CHAPTER VIII 



ARSENAL AND ARMORY SHOPS THEIR EXTENT AND CHARACTER. 




VIEW OF AltMOin 



T^HE row of five shops south of the main avenue are for the 

* Arsenal, and the live north of the same avenue are for the 

Armory. The center shop in the row is the forging shop and foun- 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 27 

dry of the Arsenal, and the other four are designed for finishing, 
wood, leather, and metal-working shops of all kinds, for the manu- 
facture of all the material of war. The center shop of the north 
row is the rolling mill and forging shop for the Armory, and the two 
on either side of it are finishing and wood-working, or "stocking," 
shops, for the manufacture of all kinds of small arms. The center 
shop in each row is only one story high, and the other four have a 
basement and three stories. The ground plans of all the ten shops 
are alike. Each building consists of two parallel wings, 60 by 300 
feet, 90* feet apart. This leaves an interior court 90 by 238 feet. 
The porticoes at the sides project twelve feet, and are sixty feet 
wide, and those in front project two feet, and are also sixty feet 
wide. The total area of each shop, including thickness of walls, 
is 44,280 square feet — a little more than one acre. 

The walls of all these buildings are entirely of stone. The exte- 
rior or face stones are heavy ashlar, laid in courses, jointed, and 
having a squarely-broken face, without tool-marks. The backing is 
rubble, laid also in courses, and has its face, which forms the interior 
of the wall, well pointed. The average thickness of the walls is as 
follows : First story, three feet four inches ; second story, two feet 
ten inches; third story, two feet four inches. The amount of mate- 
rial entering into the construction of one of these buildings is enor- 
mous. In shop A, the first built, for instance, there are 30,115,800 
pounds of rock; 26,000 of copper; 362,500 of slate; 1,331,500 of 
lumber; 2,199,646 of iron; 3,132,800 of brick; 200,000 of plaster. 



CHAPTER IX. 

THE' ISLAND BRIDGES ONE LEADING TO EACH OF THREE CITIES. 

PHE Island is connected with the Iowa side of the river by one 

** bridge, and with the Illinois side by two bridges. The main 

bridge is at the extreme northwest corner of the Island. This spans 

the main channel of the Mississippi, and is the most sightly structure 

crossing the Father of Waters, with the exception of the great 



28 The Isla?id Bridges. 



bridge at St. Louis. It is also one of the strongest and best built 
bridges in the United States. The total length of the bridge is 1,550 
feet and 6 inches, divided into five spans and one draw, as follows : 
Beginning at the north end, the first span is 260 feet long; the sec- 
ond, third, and fourth are each 220 feet long; the fifth, 260 feet and 
6 inches; and the total length of the draw is 368 feet. There is 
also a shore span at each end, to carry the railroad over the ap- 
proaches to the wagon road. The span at the north, or Davenport, 
end is 197 feet long, and the one at the south, or Island, end is 100 
feet and 8 inches long, making the total length of the bridge, includ- 
ing the shore spans, 1,848 feet and 2 inches. The draw is double, 
rests on a center pier, and gives, when open, clear water ways be- 
tween the draw pier and the adjacent north pier on one side of the 
draw pier, and south abutment on the other side, of 162 feet each. 

The superstructure of the main bridge is a double-system Whipple 
truss, with vertical main posts, and has two decks. The wagon road 
is on the lower, and the railroad on the upper, deck. The clear 
height between the wagon road and the upper deck is 12 feet and 6 
inches, and the clear height between the rails of the railroad and the 
top bracing is 17 feet. 

The travel over this bridge is constant, and that it is immense is 
shown by the record for the year ending December 31st, 1882. 
This gives the number of pedestrians crossing north as 265,942, and 
south as 268,1 16. The number of teams crossing north was 166,850, 
and south 165,631. This is exclusive of cars and engines, there be- 
ing 21,023 passenger and 209,438 freight cars, and 14,420 locomo- 
tives, both ways. 

At the southwest limit of the Island, there is a wagon bridge lead- 
ing to the city of Rock Island. This is 600 feet in length, of four 
equal spans. The wagon way is 22 feet wide in the clear, and there 
are foot walks outside the chords, one on each side, six feet wide. 

At its eastern or upper end, a bridge thrown across the south 
branch, known as Sylvan Water, connects the Island with the city of 
Moline. The length of this bridge is 711 feet. It has five equal 
spans, of 142 feet each. 



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CHAPTER X. 



DESIGN OF THE ARSENAL IN TIME OF PEACE PREPARE FOR WAR. 




SOLDIERS BARRACKS 



TT must be admitted that we should have a national defense. 
This granted, it is easy to show the necessity for building the 
Arsenal, and the economy to the United States in doing so. The 
Ordnance Department supplies the army with every article used by 
the soldier for offensive and defensive purposes. This embraces 
small arms; equipments for infantry, cavalry, and artillery; all am- 
munition of every kind for cannon, rifles, carbines, and pistols, and 
also fireworks (such as rockets) ; all cannon and gun carriages for 
field, siege, garrison, and mountain or prairie service ; and all equip- 



30 The Island as a Conservatory of Birds. 

ments for the last, which embrace harness, tools, implements, battery 
wagons, and forges. Of what has been named, everything will be 
manufactured at this Arsenal, except cannon and gunpowder, and 
probably one or both of these eventually. It was learned, in the 
late civil strife, that the material of war — everything the soldier 
fights with — should be manufactured in government shops, and that 
the government shops were inadequate for the work. They had 
about one-fifth of the capacity required for the first three years of 
the war. 

It is proposed to make this Arsenal the Arsenal for the whole 
Mississippi Valley. When completed, if crowded to its full capacity 
in time of war, it will be sufficient to arm, equip, and supply an 
army of 750,000 men. The capacity of this Arsenal will be, finally 
— so it is estimated — two and one-half to three times that of all the 
arsenals the United States had during the war, and fully equal to all 
the necessities for the Northwest and the Mississippi Valley, from 
the Alleghanies to the Rockies. 



CHAPTER XI. 

THE ISLAND AS A CONSERVATORY OF BIRDS. 

PHE following letter, addressed to the author of this work by 
Colonel D. W. Flagler, grew out of an interview on the sub- 
ject discussed: 

Rock Island Arsenal, July 16th, 1883. 
Dear Sir : — In reply to your inquiry in regard to the birds on 
the Island, I would state that I have always taken great pains to 
preserve and protect from molestation every variety of American 
bird found here. The result is, that not only the number of birds 
has greatly increased, but also many new varieties have come to the 
Island during the past ten years. I think many people would be 
astonished upon being informed of the number of varieties now on 
the island. 

Some years ago, my children made a study of these birds, and 
found no less than fifty-one different varieties here. As they cer- 



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tainly did not find them all, and as some new birds have come here 
since they prepared their list, I think the number may now be safely 
put at eighty, and nearly all of these are singing birds. I will give 
a copy of their list as they made it. It does not give scientific 
names, and contains errors; still, I think it may be interesting and 
useful to many persons desiring information on this subject. 





GAME BIRDS. 




Quail, or Bob White. 


Snipe. 


Plover. 


Pheasant. 


Woodcock. 

WOODPECKERS. 


Rail. 


Sap -sucker. 


Red-headed Woodpecker. 

HAWKS. 


Flicker, or Yellow-hammer, 


Night-hawk. 


Hen -hawk. 

SWALLOWS. 


Sparrow -ha wk. 


Rock Swallow. 


River Swallow. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 


Mud Swallow. 


Chippy. 


Snow-bird. 


Screech-owl. 


Sparrow. 


Blue-bird. 


Great Horn-owl. 


Red-eyed Fly-catcher. 


Kingfisher. 


Cat-bird. 


Bee-bird. 


Sand-martin. 


Red- winged Black-bird. 


Humming-bird. 


House -martin. 


Swamp Black-bird. 


House Wren. 


Orchard Oriole. 


Whip - poor - will. 


Linnet (three varieties). 


Baltimore Oriole. 


King-bird. 


Indigo-bird. 


Blue-jay. 


Robin. 


Bittern. 


Rose -breasted Grossbeak. 


Cuckoo. 


Phebe-bird. 


Scarlet Tanager. 


Turtle-dove. 


Red-bird. 


Brown Thrush. 
Wood Thrush. 


Yellow -bird. 



All of the above, except the snipe and snow-bird, nest and raise 
their young on the Island. Beside these, most of the western water 
fowl visit the shores of the Island during the year. 

I desire to call your attention to the great importance, in my 
opinion, of the Island as a conservatory for these birds. Dense 
woodlands are sparse in this part of the country, and wherever they 
occur the march of improvement clears them away, and in this and 
many other ways our birds are disturbed, driven off. or destroyed. 
Many species are likely to become extinct, or, at least, to disappear 
from this part of the country. 

The Island contains several varieties of woodland. Some parts 
of the low, swampy ground are preserved in dense, tangled, natural 
thickets, undisturbed by anyone, and will probably always be so. 
The Island being a permanent military post, under strict control, 
and likely to remain so as long as the country lasts, there is no rea- 



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Island Incidents. 



son why it should not remain a permanent and safe harbor and con- 
servatory for our birds — at any rate, as long as the country remains. 
This is a matter of some importance, not only to the ornithologist, 
but to the general public. 

I believe the public is now generally apprised of the fact that in 
our eastern cities, where English sparrows have been introduced, 
they have driven many varieties of our American birds from the 
parks. I know this has occurred in some of our eastern arsenals, 
and, lest it should occur here, I have tried, by shooting and in other 
ways, to prevent these sparrows from coming to the Island from the 
adjoining cities. R w ^^ 

It. -Col. of Ordna?ice, Commanding. 



CHAPTER XII 



ISLAND INCIDENTS. 



Death of Colonel Dave?iport. 




COLONEL <;KOK<.fc DAVENPORT. 



/^OL. Geo. Daven- 
^-^ port, after whom 
the city of Davenport 
was named, was the 
first white settler at 
or in the vicinity of 
Rock Island, and after- 
ward became Indian 
agent for the govern- 
ment and received a 
grant of land on the 
Island. His remarka- 
ble career is intimately 
connected with the his- 
tory of the Island. 
On the 4th of July, 



Three Cities a?td Rock Island Arse?ial. $$ 



colonel Davenport's house in i860. 

1845, Colonel Davenport was brutally murdered in his own house, 
the family being absent at the time, at a picnic. This house is a 
landmark, and the subject of illustration. The murderers escaped 
unrecognized, but were afterward detected, and three of them — 
Aaron Long, John Long, and Granville Young — were executed on 
the 19th of the succeeding October. The skeleton of one of the 
Longs now does duty in the hospital museum. The house in which 
Colonel Davenport lived is still preserved, as one of the relics of 
the Arsenal. It is on the north side, and about one-half mile from 
the lower end of the Island. 

The Indians' Guardian Spirit. 

When the Indian chief Black Hawk discovered that troops had 
arrived on the Island, and that their purpose was to build a fort, he 
mourned, for, as he said, "This Island was the best one on the Mis- 
sissippi, and had long been the resort of our young people during 
the summer. It was our garden, like the white people have near 
their big villages, which supplied us with strawberries, blackberries, 
gooseberries, plums, apples, and nuts of different kinds. Being 
situated at the foot of the rapids, its waters supplied us with the 
finest fish. In my early life, I spent many happy days on this 
Island. A good spirit had charge it, which lived in a cave in the 
rocks immediately under the place where the fort now stands. [At 



34 



Island Incidents. 



the present time this cave is to be seen in times of low water, at 
the extreme northwestern point of the Island.] This guardian 
spirit has often been seen by our people. It was white, with large 
wings like a swan's, but ten times larger. We were particular not 
to make much noise i# that part of the Island which it inhabited, 
for fear of disturbing it, but the noise at the fort [old Fort Arm- 
strong is referred to] has since driven it away, and no doubt a bad 
spirit has taken its place." 

The Island During the War. 

During the civil war, Rock Island was transformed into a military 
prison. From 1863 until the close of the war, there were upwards 
of twelve thousand Confederate soldiers confined as prisoners there. 
During that period the number of deaths was one thousand nine 
hundred and sixty-one, all the interments being made on the Island. 
The city of the dead so populated is no longer pointed out by the 
small mound or leaning headstone. These have all been leveled, 
and suggestions of the prison days are undisclosed. 




(iKNKKAi. RODMAN B TOMB. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 35 

The National Cemetery. 

In the National Cemetery, at the upper end of the Island, lie the 
remains of about four hundred Union soldiers. The grounds are 
scrupulously cared for, and with each recurring 30th of May the 
graves are strewn with wreaths of flowers. 

Colonel Flagler's History. 

But the scope of this work does not permit further details of this 
enticing subject. An elaborate history of the Armory and Arsenal, 
replete with interesting incidents connected with the early Indian 
treaties, has been written by Colonel Flagler, and was published by 
the War Department in 1877. It is a work of nearly five hundred 
large pages, with numerous maps and plates. Visitors wishing to 
form a more intimate acquaintance with the national work herein 
sketched are invited to consult Colonel Flagler's volume, to be 
found at the public library in each of the three cities. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

DAVENPORT. 

"T^VAVENPORT is the metropolis of Iowa, excelling all other 
^^^ cities in the state in the picturesque beauty of its location. 
Approaching the city by rail from the east, or from the north or 
south by boat, the observer has his attention fixed upon the waving 
bluffs which follow the river east and west. Between the line of 
these and the river is a triangular-shaped plateau, narrowing at the 
eastern limits of the city, and large enough to accommodate a pop- 
ulation of one hundred and fifty thousand. Handsome homes 
dot the bluffs, while much of the residence part of the city lies 
beyond, or to the north. River views, as building sites, have been 
largely occupied, the scope of country brought within the range of 
the eye furnishing variety of scenery unequalled. The drainage is 
naturally good, street rising above street like terraces. The city's 
growth has been mainly since 1850. Surrounded, as it is, by as 



36 Rock Island. 



rich a country as the rains of heaven fertilize, with every advantage 
offered to residents, the best sanitary conditions, pure water, cheap 
fuel, it invites capital and labor to utilize its splendid opportunities. 
Davenport's bonded indebtedness is small, and the rate of taxa- 
tion low. The corporation affairs rest with the City Council. The 
city is provided with 242 fire hydrants, for which it pays $70 each 
annually to the Water Company. The water works are unequalled 
in the West for their efficiency, and are connected with 26 miles of 
distributing mains. The city has a splendidly organized paid fire 
department in connection with the Gamewell Electric Fire Alarm 
of 24 stations. At night the streets are lighted by 217 gas and 162 
oil lamps. The police regulations are strict, insuring good order 
and safety to property at all times. The sanitary condition is care- 
fully looked after by a Board of Health. The death rate for several 
years past, in comparison with other American cities of similar size, 
was strikingly low. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

ROCK ISLAND. 

13 OCK ISLAND is one of the best-known cities in the West, its 
business for many years having been large. Giving its name 
to a leading railroad, it has been carried far and wide. It possesses 
the element^ of prosperity, and the enterprise to use them. Its 
growth has been steady, every gain made being held. The location 
ot the city is in the center of a fertile agricultural and productive 
mineral country. It is at the western extremity of the Island, on 
the Illinois side. South of the level plain upon which the city rests, 
the scene is broken by wooded bluffs, affording many a sloping 
lawn. 

Rock Island has long been noted for its good government and 
the wise administration of its municipal affairs. These are regu- 
lated by a Council of ten Aldermen and the Mayor. The city has 
a well-drilled volunteer lire department of no men, divided into 
five companies, fully equipped. The. city owns its water works, 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 37 

which were built in 1882 by the Holly Manufacturing Company, of 
Lockport, New York. They furnish an abundant supply of mid- 
channel water at all times, for fire and domestic uses. The number 
of gallons pumped in 1882 was 571,000,000. The out-door light is 
supplied by the tower system of electric illumination. This is sup- 
plemented in-doors by gas. There is a competent Board of Health, 
with ample powers, and an efficient police force. The streets are 
in a praiseworthy condition, and kept so. In brief, the municipal 
machinery is in perfect running order. The United States Engineer 
office, under charge of Captain A. Mackenzie, is located here. It 
has charge of the Mississippi River improvements from St. Paul to 
the mouth of the Illinois River. The amount appropriated last 
year was over half a million dollars for this work. 



CHAPTER XV. 

MOLINE. 

IV /T OLINE lies south of the eastern half of the Island, reaching 
westward to the limits of Rock Island and southward almost 
to Rock River, three miles distant, and whose confluence with the 
Mississippi is some six miles west. The site of the city is attrac- 
tive and beautiful. The lower or plateau part is largely filled by 
factories, which occupy the river bank for more than a mile, being 
greatly advantaged by the fine water power to be maintained for- 
ever by the government. Moline is designated as the "Lowell of 
the West," and rightly, for it is one of the busiest, most thrifty cities 
in the country. Its bluffs and the plain stretching beyond them 
furnish the most desirable building room. As in the two cities 
already named, industry, sobriety, and enterprise are the marked 
characteristics. 

Moline has a Common Council of ten members; a public library, 
started by subscription and maintained by tax ; a .fine fire depart- 
ment of four companies; a good system of water works; and gas 
for public and private lighting. Great attention is paid to main- 
taining good streets. 



38 



The Great Water Power. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



THE GREAT WATER POWER. 




VIEW OF SYLVAN WATER OPPOSITE MOLINE ( WATER-POWER POOL). 

THE three cities possess many remarkable advantages for eco- 
nomical manufacturing. In these days, when strife and com- 
petition are so sharp, only a very small advantage is necessary to 
determine the success of one locality, while another without such 
advantage is doomed to failure. The former gives its manufacturer 
an excess of profit, which increases and builds up his business; the 
latter gives a bare support, and when depression comes the manu- 
facturer fails, and his business is given up. 

One of the natural manufacturing advantages possessed by the 
three cities is a great water power, both developed and undeveloped, 
and this is not a small advantage. In proof of this is the fact that 
to-day there is not a successful cotton mill in the United States that 
has not a water power. The man who must buy coal to make his 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 39 

power has just that small drag upon him, in a close race, which per- 
mits his competitor to outstrip him and win. 

The water power of the Rock Island rapids is almost unlimited. 
On it the United States Government has already constructed a 
water power of nearly four thousand horse power. The city of 
Moline owns one-fourth of this, and the right to lease so much of 
the remainder as the United States does not use in time of peace, 
when the Arsenal is idle. But this is a small matter compared with 
the power that is not yet utilized. In a distance of three miles, the 
whole Mississippi River flows down an incline of from seven to eight 
feet. To show that this power, if need be,. can be grasped and put 
to work, a letter is copied from the commanding officer of the Rock 
Island Arsenal in answer to inquiries on the subject: 

Rock Island Arsenal, III., 
March 30th, 1883. 
Messrs. Deere & Co., Moline, 111. : 

Sirs'- — Your letter of the 15th of February was received during 
my absence in California. I have given much attention to the sub- 
ject of extending the water power wing dam across the river, both 
for the benefit of the water power and navigation, and have dis- 
cussed the matter in reports to the Chief of Ordnance made several 
years ago. 

It should be a low dam, so that it would not greatly impede the 
flow of the river and raise the river above it, except during low 
water, when this action is desirable. It should have an opening 
three hundred feet wide through it for the passage of rafts — and 
down boats, if they desire it — even at low water. 

A canal with a lock, similar to the canal and lock at Keokuk, 
should be constructed along the Iowa shore, for the use of vessels 
during the time of low water. The wing dam would be so low that, 
in connection with the channel opening through it, it would not in- 
terfere with navigation in times of high water — that is, when there 
is enough water on the rapids below the wing dam for easy naviga- 
tion. 

First. It would be of great value to navigation on the rapids 
above the wing dam, and would probably give sufficient depth of 
water at the lowest stages nearly up to Le Claire. 

Second. The benefit to navigation on the part of the rapids be- 
low the wing dam in enabling vessels to pass the rapids in all 



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The Great Water Power 



weather, at all times of the night, and by making the navigation 
perfect at all low stages of the river, would, in my judgment, war- 
rant building the canal and lock. 

Third. The capacity of the water power could be quadrupled 
by the improvement, and permit the use of such portion of the in- 
creased power as might be desirable along the Davenport shore. 

If the Hennepin canal should enter the river at any point on the 

rapids above Rock Island, this improvement of navigation on the 

rapids, and particularly raising the water — that is, increasing its 

depth — in the river at the mouth of the canal, would be of the 

highest importance. Tr • ... 

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

D. W. Flagler, 
Lt.-Col. of Ordnance, Commanding. 




ARSENAL WATER-POWER MACHINERY. 



The following data in regard to the power that would be obtained 
by such an improvement were obtained from Colonel Flagler in a 
personal interview. As stated by him, the figures given are only 
approximate, but are always within the mark. Of course there 
would be the least power at the time of extreme low water, when 
there is the least water. Estimates for power should, therefore, 
be based upon low water. As the river does not fall below a 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 41 

stage of two feet, except at intervals of many years, and then does 
not remain at this low stage but a short time, a stage of two feet is 
taken for a basis of calculation. (This stage of two feet means two 
feet on the gauge of the government bridge.) At this stage, the 
estimated flow of water in the Mississippi River is 47,000 cubic feet 
per second. If the wing dam were extended across the river, with 
an opening in it 200 feet wide, and the depth of channel at the 
opening were 6 feet, and the dam raised the water above it 2 
feet, then the discharge of the opening would be about 12,200 cubic 
feet per second. Subtract this from the whole discharge of the river, 
and we have 34,800 cubic feet per second left for the water power. 

The fall from the head of the wing dam to the foot of the Island, 
at a stage of 2 feet, is now, say, 7 feet and 9 inches. The dam 
would increase this to 9 feet and 9 inches. It would be safe, then, 
to assume an available head for water power at all the dams of 7^ 
feet. With this head, the above water would give 27,650 horse 
power. About 6,500 horse power of this could be made available 
at Davenport, through a ship canal 400 feet wide, 5^3 feet deep, 
with a current of 2 miles per hour. This canal should be con- 
structed by building a dyke about 400 feet from and parallel to the 
Davenport shore, the material for the dyke to be taken from the 
bottom of the canal. This dyke should be about 70 feet wide at 
bottom, 14 feet wide at top, 20 feet high at east end, 28 feet high 
at west end. The dyke and canal would cost about $250,000 per 
mile. This canal would give water enough both for navigation and 
the above amount of power, even at a stage. The lock for the 
canal, if not a portion of the canal also, would . be properly charge- 
able to the improvement of the river for navigation. 

This short statement is intended to show, not only the amount of 
the immense power that is silently flowing past our doors, but also 
that it is feasible to capture this giant, harness him to our mills, and 
make him obedient to do our work. The figures show a total 
power of over 37,000 horse power. One-third of this utilized and 
rented at the very low rate of $20 per horse power per annum 
would produce an income of $250,000 per annum. It is certainly 
not saying too much when we say that if the American people ever 
require this power, they will take it and use it. If there are uses to 
which we can apply it, its value is too large a sum to be allowed to 
flow past our doors without picking it up. 



42 Manufacturing Advantages. 



CHAPTER XVII. 

MANUFACTURING ADVANTAGES. 

A QUESTION naturally suggested by the last chapter is, Shall we 
ever require this vast water power? If one may judge of the 
future by the past, there is every reason to expect it. During the 
past twelve years, the manufactures of the three cities (excepting 
lumber) have certainly quadrupled. The reasons or advantages 
which have caused this increase are very strong, and they still exist. 
Compared with eastern manufactures, some of these advantages are 
as follows : 

First. We have now a large market in this region and further 
west for our manufactured goods. When ready for market, there- 
fore, we save in price the freight from the East to this point. 

Second. Most of our materials required for manufactures are 
here. The eastern manufacturer must transport them; or, at any 
rate, the price in the East is the price here plus the freight. 

Third. The eastern manufacturer must transport from the West 
the food to feed his operatives. Generally, this advantage greatly 
outweighs both the others. Look at it how you will, the cost of an 
article manufactured in the East must include freight from the West 
on food to feed the workmen. The price of the food is its price in 
the West plus freight, plus the commission of half a dozen middle- 
men. Rents are also cheaper. The result is, that if this difference 
in price of bread, meat, and rent were taken from the eastern work- 
man's wages, and only the remainder paid to the western workman, 
he would then be as well paid as at the East. The fact is, however, 
it is not all taken off. But a portion of it is, and the*' advantage is 
thus divided between the manufacturer and the workman ; the man- 
ufacturer gets his labor for a less per diem, and yet the workman is 
better paid. It is this mutual advantage that causes both the man- 
ufacturers and workmen, mutually dependent upon each other, to 
seek out together localities advantageous to both. 

The writer is told by Colonel Flagler, at the Arsenal, that this is 
exactly illustrated in his department. Eastern establishments doing 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 



43 



precisely the same work that is done at Rock Island pay higher 
wages, yet the workmen are willing to come West. The same arti- 
cles cost more manufactured in the East than at Rock Island, and 
the result is. the manufacture of more and more of these articles is 
being transferred by the War Department, each year, to Rock 
Island. 




ARSENAL GO TARD. ON MAIN AVENUE. 



To illustrate the tendencies of manufactures, and of what has 
been said, let us take the case of manufactured cotton goods, and 
see if we may not even be sanguine enough to hope to have this 
great King Cotton among us some day. Starting at Memphis, one 
of the largest cotton markets, cotton is now taken by river to New 
Orleans, thence by vessel to New York, then to Boston, then to 
Lowell. At New Orleans it passes through the hands of two or 
three middle-men, and the same in New York. Beside the com- 
missions of these middle-men, the wastage from sampling (it might 
sometimes be dignified with the name of stealing; is considerable. 
We then haul bread and meat from Illinois and Iowa to Lowell to 
feed the operatives. They manufacture the cotton into goods, and 
again it starts on its perilous journey amongst the middle-men, 
through Boston, New York, and Chicago, to Moline, Rock Island, 



44 Diversity of Resources. 



and Davenport. The average number of middle-men who have 
taken toll from the much-picked cotton between Memphis and Chi- 
cago is no less than seventeen. When we add the percentages and 
profits of all these gentlemen to the cost of this long, tortuous 
journey, and freight on the bread and meat, it foots up quite a re- 
spectable bill of extras. 

Now, in comparison with this, let us estimate the saving of bring- 
ing this cotton direct from Memphis to this point, without middle- 
men, and sell it direct from the boat into the warehouse of a mill, 
where it finds a water power and cheap food for the operatives that 
are to spin it. When made up, it need go no further than Chicago 
to be sold; and though sold in Chicago, it can remain in the mill 
warehouse till shipped westward. 

With all these advantages, in these times of sharp competition, is 
it unreasonable or audacious to expect that cotton and many other 
manufactures, if once started, might come here and demand a water 
power? If they get it, they will succeed, as others here have 
already done. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

DIVERSITY OF RESOURCES. 

XHE central location of these cities, combined with the import- 
ant natural advantages noticed in the preceding chapter, are 
some, rather than all, of the factors which must contribute to the 
material development. There are others as yet too briefly noted. 

The wide country at the west, north, and south is fast filling up 
with an intelligent and enterprising people, who will become resi- 
dents and tillers of the soil. They carry with them all the wants 
incident to high civilization. The whole region, for a thousand 
miles west of the Mississippi River, is, perhaps, a country of richer 
soil than is to be found elsewhere in the world. It is, in fact, an 
empire in itself. These wants will naturally be supplied where the 
commodity can be made and transported to the consumer most 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. * 45 

cheaply. In former, though still recent, times, manufactured com- 
modities came from the older states, but now it is demonstrated that 
manufacturing can be done and the commodities furnished more 
economically than by buying from the older states. 

Added to the vast water power, there are inexhaustible coal mines 
near at hand, the product of which, within a radius of fifteen miles, 
is 500,000 tons annually. The iron of Lake Superior and Missouri, 
together with that of Tennessee and Pennsylvania, furnish the raw 
material at a cost for transportation comparatively small. The 
pineries of the north furnish an abundance of soft woods for house- 
building. Of this the river floats to and by this locality each sum- 
mer more than one thousand million feet. The great hard-wood 
forests of the southern states furnish all the material necessary to 
enter into the construction of farm machinery. 

The history of manufactures in the West shows they have been 
chiefly directed to, and have been eminently successful in, the pro- 
duction of agricultural implements. Thus have been developed 
here the largest plow factories in the world. But the time is at hand 
for the making of textile fabrics of cotton and wool on a scale sim- 
ilarly magnificent. 



CHAPTER XIX. 

TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. 

/^~"\NE of the largest manufacturing houses of its class in the 
^-^ country was established in the Tri-Cities a year since, re- 
moved here from a distant point after an examination of the claims 
of ten western cities. There are greater railroad centers, but they 
are without the Mississippi River. From Davenport, Rock Island, 
and Moline, there are iron and water outlets north, south, east, and 
west, entering a country of phenomenal resources. 

The commercial or other traveler has the means always at hand, 
through the railroads, of making an expeditious journey in any direc- 
tion. After the day's business he may enter his moving bedroom, 
known as the sleeping-car, and, without further thought, awake in 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 47 



the morning in Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Council 
Bluffs, Kansas City, Leavenworth, St. Louis, or Indianapolis. Trans- 
acting twelve hours business, he may return home, having been ab- 
sent from his desk, store, or shop but one day. 

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway has practically four 
divisions from as many directions meeting here — the Southwestern, 
the Main Line in Iowa, the Albert Lea, and the Illinois — with 1,700 
miles of road. Its connections are close with a network of lines 
ramifying almost every county in the Northwest. 

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway has a total mileage 
of its own of 4,455 miles — the longest of any single corporation in 
the world. A car may be loaded in either of the three cities for 
any point upon this line or its connections. 

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, another of the great 
trunk lines, with its 3,714 miles of track, competes for business here, 
and opens a vast territory reached only by itself. 

The Rock Island & Peoria Railway is a short line, with connec- 
tions for Indianapolis and Cincinnati. 

The Coal Valley Mining Company's and the Rock Island & Mer- 
cer County lead to inexhaustible coal-fields. 

The Davenport, Iowa & Dakota is a projected line to Dakota, 
for which the city of Davenport has given liberal franchises. 

The Rock Island & Southwestern is another surveyed route to 
Kansas City. 

Several miles of side-tracks have been built, each of the carrying 
corporations showing a liberal spirit in fostering trade, particularly 
manufacturing, along its line. Special advantages are given shippers 
in the way of side-track facilities, cars, rates, and accommodations. 

Two lines of river steamers — the St. Louis & St. Paul Packet 
Company and the Diamond Jo Steamboat Line — with independent 
boats plying the river, afford competition for freights during the sea- 
son of navigation. 



48 The Hemiepin Canal. 



CHAPTER xx 



THE HENNEPIN CANAL. 



PHIS favorably known link of water communication between 
the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan, thereby affording an 
all-water route to the seaboard, is an improvement of national im- 
portance, and has been so recognized by the Forty-seventh Con- 
gress. The building of this canal, now assured, is the solution, in a 
large measure, of the cheap transportation problem. 

By the action of the General Assembly, sanctioned by the popu- 
lar vote of Illinois, the Illinois & Michigan Canal, extending from 
Chicago to Hennepin, has been ceded to the United States. This 
has been done with the understanding that the general government 
will accept the grant and complete the canal (Tor which the surveys 
have been made) to a point on the river at or near Rock Island. 
The length of the unbuilt link is only sixty-five miles. With this 
water route opened to boats, the farmers and merchants, mechanics 
and manufacturers, of the whole Northwest, will be the gainers. 
These cities will not only share the common good fortune, but they 
will reap, inevitably, local benefits of no mean proportions. 

The map on the opposite page conveys the whole subject to 
the eye at a glance. The cost, according to the estimate made by 
the War Department in 1870, will Ipe $3,899,723. The Hennepin 
Canal is the grandest national work ever undertaken in the interest 
of cheap transportation. The seven northwestern states, whose 
commerce it will cheapen, produced, in 1879 (according to United 
States census), in round numbers, 1,300,000,000 bushels, or 70,000,000 
tons, of grain alone. The saving of two cents a bushel on one-half 
of this amount would net $13,000,000 in one year, or enough to 
build three such canals. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 



49 








5o 



Means of Communication. 



CHAPTER XXI 



MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. 




ROCK ISLAND AND DAVENPORT KERRY. 



PHIS book is written in the hope that it may fall into the hands 
of strangers, thousands of whom visit the locality in quest of 
pleasure or in search of business opportunities. These have at their 
command several means of transit between the places of interest, 
which will be described later. The visitor of a day or of a week 
will find his time only too brief, accordingly as he arranges for a 
superficial or a more systematic inquiry. 

If but a single day is allotted, a carriage should be ordered, and all 
the better if an experienced driver is called for with it. A ride about 
Davenport, over the bluffs to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, or to 
Lin wood, a summer resort six miles down the river, with a stop here 
and there for views, will occupy a forenoon. Five hours more will 
hardly suffice for a hurried drive across the Island to Moline, through 
the main streets of that city of factories, and to the brow of the 
commanding bluffs. Continuing three miles south, the tourist will 
reach Rock River. Following the winding road four miles further, 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 



5i 



and the summit of Black Hawk's Tower, the highest point on the 
south side of the Mississippi, is gained. From this outlook the view 
is extended and beautiful, and the scenery inspiring. Three miles 
more complete the circuit to Rock Island city and consume the 
time, which will have been found only too short. 

A more leisurely way — and the cheaper, too — is to use the street 
cars. These will give twelve miles of travel about Davenport, con- 
vey the sight-seer from the western limits of Rock Island to the 
eastern part of Moline, and from the central part of Rock Island to 
Black Hawk's Tower and to Milan. A fine ferry steamer makes 
trips across the river every fifteen minutes, and a free bridge is 
always at the pleasure of the pedestrian. Steam cars leave the 
depots in each city at convenient hours for either of the four places 
named. 

The complete telephone system brings the four places within 
speaking distance of each other. The Exchange has a central 
office in each city, at which connection can be made with eight 
hundred business houses and residences, hotels, depots, etc. ; also, 




colonel flagler's home. 



52 Banking Houses. 



with more than fifty surrounding towns, within a range of one hun- 
dred miles, such as Clinton, Muscatine, Geneseo, Sterling, etc. 

If the stranger desire to confine his visit to gathering information 
in one or two particular directions, as the factories, schools, or 
Arsenal, he will find those mentioned in separate chapters. 



CHAPTER XXII. 

BANKING HOUSES. 

PHE preceding pages have spoken of the locality as offering un- 
A equalled inducements to capital and for its profitable invest- 
ment. It is now left to present the proof of this. Money is always 
seeking just such opportunities, and if they exist, they are sure to 
be found and put to the practical test. This has been done, and 
the result shows that the most extravagant claim made is within the 
truth. There is not a city of 60,000 people in the United States 
whose volume of business is larger, which rests upon a surer basis, 
whose industries are more varied, or whose prosperity is more gen- 
uine and placed farther beyond dispute. The commercial reports 
confirm the assertions made to a demonstration. 

The banks are a true index of business transactions. There are 
twelve of these financial institutions doing business here — eight 
national, three savings banks, and one private banking house — 
divided as follows : The First National, Davenport National, Citi- 
zens National, German Savings, and Davenport Savings banks, in 
Davenport; the Rock Island National, First National, People's 
National, and Mitchell & Lynde's banks, in Rock Island; the First 
National, Moline National, and Moline Savings banks, in Moline. 

According to the statements of the eight national banks recently 
made, their resources were $4,564,523.03. This is exclusive of pri- 
vate bank. The item of deposits in the nine banks at the time 
named amounted to $2,646,535.92. The amount of exchange 
drawn by the banks of the three cities for the year 1882, upon Chi- 
cago. St. Tom's, nnrl New York, was $57,354,520. 



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The foregoing takes no account of the savings banks. At the 
time designated, their depositors numbered 7,753, and the amount 
of their savings in bank were $3,411,338.20. 

These figures tell their own story of industry, frugality, and thrift. 



CHAPTER XXIII 



FACTORIES AND MILLS. 



TN extent, variety of industries, 
number and prosperity, no other 
western community can be favorably 
compared with this for its manufac- 
turing resources. A bare enumera- 
tion must suffice where a much 
larger book would be required by 
even a partial description. 

Moline. 

In this city are operated Deere & 
Co.'s Plow Works; the Moline Plow 
Co. ; J. S. Keator & Sons' and Dim- 
ock, Gould & Co.'s saw mills; the 
Union Malleable Iron Co. and the 
Moline Malleable Iron Works; Wil- 
liams, White & Co.'s Iron Works; 
the Deere <Sc Mansur Corn-Planter Works; Moline Scale Co.; 
Moline Elevator Co.; Schillinger & Trumble, boiler works; Moline 
Wagon Co. ; the Moline Paper Co. ; the Moline Pump Co. ; the 
Moline Pump Works; the Moline Pipe Organ Co.; Colseth & Co., 
cabinet organs; Barnard & Leas Manufacturing Co.; Moline Road 
Cart Co.; Matteson Brothers, machine shops; Moline Stove Co. 

Rock Island. 

The Rock Island Plow Works of B. D. Buford & Co. ; Weyer- 
hauser & Denkmann's saw mill : the Rock Island Lumber and 




AKMOBY ROLLEfGOHXL CHHDTET. 



54 Factories and Mills. 



Manufacturing Co.; Rock Island Stove Works; Rock Island Baby 
Carriage Works; J. M. Christy, cracker factory; John Volk & Co., 
sash and doors; George Wagner, I. Huber, Raibel & Stengel, brew- 
eries; Warnock & Ralston, soap and candles; J. S. Gilmore, pork 
packing; Carse & Ohlweiler and J. G. Junge, bottling works; Kahlke 
& Brothers, boat-ways; William Farrell, bone-meal factory; Cramp- 
ton & Co., books and binding; William Gray, box factory; Kurth 
& Scherer, W. M. Wall, Willis & Brubaker, carriages; C. C. Knell, 
furniture; Downing Brothers and W. H. Thompson, foundries; 
Frank 111 and C. Churchill, wagons; L. Meese & Co., hosiery; 
Rock Island Glass Works; Kimball's Piano Factory; D. Donald- 
son, saw works. 

Davenport. 

The Eagle Manufacturing Co. ; the Davenport Plow Co. ; Lind- 
say & Phelps, Cable Lumber Co., Renwick, Shaw & Crossett, 
Schricker & Mueller, and Paige, Dixon & Co., saw mills; the Le 
Claire Foundry; Ebi & Neuman's Machine Shops; Grupe & Mur- 
ray, boiler works; George H. Young & Co., J. L. Mason, A. Woeber, 
and A. C. Duve, carriage works ; Davenport Pump Co. ; the Smith 
& Stearns Paint Co.; the Davenport Woolen Mills; the Crescent, 
Farmers, and Phoenix flour mills; the Davenport Oat Meal Co.; 
Reupke, Schmidt & Co. and Eagle Co., cracker factories; U. N. 
Roberts & Co., T. W. McClelland & Co., Geo. Ott, Flexner & Smith, 
J. H. Whitaker, F. Ranzow & Son, sash, blind, and door factories; 
Koehler & Lange, M. Frahm, Lage & Co., J. G. Baumeier, breweries; 
N. Kuhnen, Otto Albrecht & Co., cigar factories ; Davenport Glu- 
cose Works ; Reimers & Fernald, candy ; Ranzow & Haller, Henry 
Kohrs, J. L. Zoeckler, and John Ruch, pork -packers ; Egbert, Fidlar 
& Chambers, books and binding; H. F. Moeller, box factory; Robert 
Krause, clothing ; West Davenport Furniture Co. ; Haight & Sears, 
horse collar factory ; Davenport Ladder Co. ; John Zimmerman, 
pianos; Davenport Pottery; Boudinot & Sons' Rope Walk; J. C. 
Bills & Co., show cases; S. R. Jones, spice mills; John S. Davis 
Sons, threshing machines; J. W. Wirtel, trunks; Amazon Vinegar 
Works; Davenport Steam Heating Co.; George R. Marvin, shirt 

factory. ..... 

Milan. 

Milan Wagon Works; the Milan, National, and Rock Island Paper 
Companies; D. B. Sears & Sons and the Johnston Hour mills; 
Graham Cotton Mills. 



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Manufacturing Statistics. 

The following figures, which show the statistics of manufacturing 
in this locality, are, perhaps, more nearly correct than those ob- 
tained from any other source. But there should at least be added 
an increase of twenty-five per cent for the gain since the national 
census of June, 1880, was taken: 

Number of establishments. . . . . . . 469 

Capital invested, . . . . . . $7,721,979 

Males above 16 years employed; 4,777 

Females above 15 years employed. .... 150 

Children and youth, . . . . . . 482 

Total wages paid in one year. .... $2,305,320 

Value of materials used. ..... $7,708,166 

Value of products, . . . . . . $12,461,779 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

THE JOBBING TRADE. 

PHE reader is doubtless prepared to accept, without question, 
the statement that there is no fictitious progress about the 
three cities. The elements of their stability and thrift are exposed 
to the view of every one. While the manufacturing interests are. 
perhaps, the leading ones, they do not dim the importance of the 
wholesale trade. The volume of this business transacted for the 
last calendar year was in excess of $10,000,000. The lines of busi- 
ness represented are the following : 

Groceries and Provisions — Beiderbecke & Miller and Van Patten 
& Marks, Davenport; Henry Dart's Sons, Rock Island. 

Tobacco and Cigars — N. Kuhnen, Otto Albrecht & Co., Daven- 
port; C. H. Schocker, J. R. Johnston, Rock Island; R. Reimers, 
Moline. 

Boots and Shoes — Bryant & Doe, Davenport. 

Paper Stock — M. N. Nixon, Davenport. 



56 The Press. 



Cloths and Clothing — Robert Krause, Davenport. 

Crockery and Glassware — Jens Lorenzen, W. H. & C. T. Webb, 
Davenport; May Brothers, Rock Island. 

Dry Goods— W. C. Wadsworth & Co., A. Steffen, J. H. C. Peter- 
sen & Sons, Davenport. 

Hardware — Sickels, Preston & Co., L. C. Dessaint, Davenport; 
Stewart & Montgomery, Rock Island. 

Iron and Wagon Stock — Sieg & Williams, Davenport. 

Hides, Pelts, and Tallow — D. H. McDaneld, Davenport. 

Paints, Varnish, Drugs, and Oils — Smith & Stearns Paint Co., 
Davenport; Hartz & Bahnsen, Rock Island. 

Leather, Saddlery, etc. — Haight & Sears, Davenport; J. C. Mc- 
Connell & Co., J. & M. Rosenfield, Rock Island. 

Candy, Nuts, etc. — Reimers & Fernald, Davenport. 

Sash, Doors, and Blinds — U. N. Roberts & Co., George Ott, 
Flexner & Smith, Davenport. 



CHAPTER XXV. 

THE PRF.SS. 

r I 'HE newspaper press is the reflection of the people for whom it 
is published — their homes and hopes, institutions and inter- 
ests. In it are mirrored the life and business, first of the locality, 
then of the world. These cities and this center may be well 
judged by their newspapers. They are loyal, enterprising, able, 
and jealous only of the good name and fair fame to which they have 
been ceaseless contributors. There are seven dailies, fourteen 
weeklies, one semi-weekly, and four monthlies, as follows: 

Daily — Davenport Gazette, Davenport Democrat, Davenport 
Der Demokrat, Rock Island Union, Rock Island Argus, Moline 
Republican, Moline Dispatch. 

The above-named papers all have weekly editions. There are, in 
addition, these weekly publications: 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 57 

Weekly — Northwestern News, Davenport; Sternen Banner, Dav- 
enport; Dannebrog, Davenport; Herald, Davenport; Volks-Zeitung, 
Rock Island; Rock Islander. Rock Island; Citizen, Moline. 

Monthly — Iowa Churchman, Davenport; Familien Journal, Dav- 
enport ; Modern Miller, Moline : Western Plowman, Moline. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES. 

A COMMUNITY may be correctly judged by its public schools 
^ and the advantages it offers for the advanced education of its 
youth. Singularly favored in these respects is this locality, whose 
colleges, academies, and graded schools are liberally sustained both 
by the general tax-payer and by private endowments. This system 
is progressive and broad; it invites the attention of the casual visi- 
tor and the inspection of the teacher. 

Griswold College, Davenport, established and sustained under the 
auspices of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa — William Stevens Perry, 
Bishop — occupies a crowning eminence in the central part of the 
city, overlooking the river scenery. The institution has a large en- 
dowment, which is being steadily increased. It has a library of 
more than 7,000 volumes. The faculty number eleven members. 
There are three departments — preparatory, collegiate ("embracing 
scientific and classical courses), and theological. The curriculum is 
fully up to the highest standard. Griswold College has before it a 
bright future. 

Augustana College and Theological Seminary, Rock Island, was 
chartered in 1865. It is under the exclusive control of the Swedish 
Lutheran Augustana Synod of the United States. The buildings 
have been erected at a cost of $50,000, and their site is a beautiful 
one. The library consists of over 10.000 volumes and pamphlets. 
The course of instruction has two departments — classical and sci- 
entific — each requiring four years. A special feature of the former 
is the attention paid to language studies. There are 150 students, 
nine professors, and two instructors. 



58 The Public Schools. 



Occupying ample grounds, with their terraced lawns, Davenport, 
is the Academy of the Immaculate Conception, now in its twenty- 
fourth year. It is conducted by the Sisters of Charity, and affords 
every facility for acquiring a thorough mental and moral education. 
The number of young ladies in attendance is about 160. The 
course includes music, painting, French, German, the Latin and 
English languages, and all the common academic studies. 

St. Ambrose Seminary, Davenport, was opened by Bishop Mc- 
Mullen, in 1882, and now has about sixty pupils. 

There are several parochial and other select or private schools, 
and two kindergartens. The Davenport Business College has an at- 
tendance varying with the season from 100 to 200 students. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

Davenport. 

HP HE first school-house was built in Davenport in 1838, and the 
A graded school system was organized in 1858. It has always 
been kept abreast of the rising generation. There are twelve school 
buildings, the largest of which is the High School, erected in 1874, 
at a cost, covering the grounds, of $65,000. The staff of instruc- 
tors is composed of Superintendent J. B. Young, ten principals, and 
eighty teachers, ten of whom teach the German language. The 
enrollment and average attendance for 1882 were larger than ever 
before. The instructors have been so qualified for the work, that 
drawing and penmanship are successfully taught without the help 
of special teachers. The last census gave a school population 
of 9,523 — boys, 4,592; girls, 4,931. The average number enrolled 
was 4,553, and the average attendance 3,527. The annual cost of 
the schools is $68,000. The management rests in a Board of Edu- 
cation of six members, two of whom are elected each year. A free 
night school is maintained during five winter months. 



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Rock Island. 

The public schools of Rock Island use seven large houses. The 
Superintendent, S. S. Kemble, has been prominently identified with 
the cause of popular education here for seven years. Forty regular 
teachers are engaged, and one special instructor in music. The 
total enrollment, as given by the last report, was 2,233, an d the 
average attendance 1,575. The school census gives the number 
between six and twenty-one years as 3,590. The cost of tuition for 
each pupil enrolled is $11.12, and few cities show so good returns 
for the money expended. The system is thoroughly graded, and 
the schools most efficiently conducted. 

Moline. 

The growth of Moline has been rapid — a fact attested by the 
frequent enlargement of its school facilities. It now has four build- 
ings, three of which are noble structures of brick, eligibly located. 
The High School building is the most conspicuous in the city. 
Twenty-seven teachers are employed. Special instruction in vocal 
music is given. The superintendent is W. S. Mack, an educator of 
exceptional ability, who is now serving his fifth year. A free night 
school is maintained during the months of November, December, 
January, and February. The number of school age is 2,379, and 
the enrollment 1,787. The cost of tuition per pupil for the last 
year, 1882, based on the average monthly enrollment, was $10.80. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES. 

/''"ORDINARILY, bare mention would suffice, in a community 
^-^ whose active, growing years hardly number more than twenty- 
five, for the notice of those beneficent institutions, free public libra- 
ries. One expects to find them in the New England town, but does 
not look for them in many western cities. Not so here. Each of 
the trinity of cities has its free public library, and in no instance is 
it a struggling, empty-shelved nucleus unworthy the name. 



60 Free Public Libraries. 

Through the aid of a woman of blessed memory, Mrs. Clarissa C. 
Cook, a suitable building for a library, centrally located on Brady 
street, Davenport, has been erected, at a cost of $13,000, upon a 
lot bought with the proceeds of individual donations. It contains 
over 8,000 volumes of standard books. Upon the reading-tables 
are found the leading magazines and newspapers. The number of 
volumes drawn in 1882 was 8,730, and the number of visitors 10,908. 

The Rock Island Public Library occupies pleasant rooms over 
the post-office. It was founded and is supported by the city. It 
is open to the public day and evening the year round — both the 
library proper and the reading-rooms. The last annual report of 
the Board of Directors, addressed to the City Council, has these 
words: "It is a source of gratification for us to know that the 
library is appreciated by the people. In their behalf, we thank you 
for your liberal appropriation." The amount referred to is $1,500. 
There are upon the shelves 6,800 volumes. The issue of books in 
1882 was 19,705; the number of borrowers, 1,426; and the monthly 
average of attendance, 3,155. 

The Moline Public Library was started in 1872 by a public sub- 
scription of $5,576, and opened June 6th, 1873. It occupies the 
two upper stories of the fine post-office building, donated forever 
for library purposes by S. W. Wheelock and wife. It has about 
6,000 volumes of the best books, beside most of the current news- 
papers, periodicals, and magazines. It is a growing monument, 
attesting the intelligence of the people of the City of Mills. The 
annual revenue from municipal tax, rents, and subscriptions is 
$1,500. The circulation of books in 1882 was 13,412, and the 
average monthly attendance 1,990. 



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CHAPTER XXIX. 

HOTELS AND OPERA HOUSES. 

T'X^HAT better index is there of a city's life and activity than 
the character of its hotels and the extent of their business? 
Many citizens live either temporarily or permanently at the hotels 
of these cities, while thousands of the traveling public make them 
transient homes. It is not an unusual day when the registers of the 
principal houses show four to five hundred arrivals. Every Sunday 
finds the commercial travelers gathered here to the capacity of the 
hotels, and they are the best authority for the statement that, out- 
side of St. Louis and Chicago, there are to be found no such luxu- 
rious, homelike accommodations, or bills of fare so tempting. The 
facilities are large, as they must be for the demands made upon 
them, yet in times of state conventions or other large gatherings, 
the multitude is cared for. 

The Kimball House, Davenport, is the largest and best hotel in 
Iowa, supplied with telegraph, telephone, elevator, and all modern 
conveniences. The St. James has become known as "the commer- 
cial man's friend" — capacious, excellent table, and courteous atten- 
tion. The Xewcomb and Ackley Houses are hotels which may be 
commended to the visitor to Davenport, while there are several 
smaller, though reliable, houses. 

The Harper House, Rock Island, enjoys the well-earned reputa- 
tion of being the best hotel, in all respects, in Illinois, outside of 
Chicago. Its business is large, its cuisine first-class, and its furnish- 
ings elegant. The Rock Island, Taylor, and Commercial Houses 
will prove satisfactory to sojourners content with comfort at less 
expense. 

The Keator House, Moline, is a four-story, well-furnished, excel- 
lently managed hotel, meeting the wants of the city. Peal's Hotel 
does a good business, always giving satisfaction to its guests. 

In connection with the Kimball House, Davenport, is the Burtis 
Opera House, seating 1,700 persons. It is supplied with uphol- 
stered opera chairs, large stage, and beautiful scenery, ample for the 
setting of any play. 



6 2 Notable Institutions. 



The German Theater has a seating capacity of 1,000. An ex- 
cellent stock company has been maintained for twenty years, and 
plays presented once a week or oftener. It is the oldest German 
theater in the West. 

Harper's Theater, Rock Island, is the parlor opera house of the 
state. It seats 1,200, has complete and splendid scenery, opera 
chairs, and is attractively furnished. 

Wagner's Opera House, Moline, was opened late in 1882. It is 
a complete theater, seating 900 ; has chairs, is finely frescoed, and 
well supplied with scenery. 



CHAPTER XXX. 

NOTABLE INSTITUTIONS. 

Academy of Sciences. 

A N institution which has carried the good name of Davenport to 
* more places, and to more learned people the world over, than 
any other, is the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences. No 
visitor to these cities should fail to call at this Academy, which of 
itself will repay a journey of many miles. Its equal is not to be 
found in Iowa, and, in some departments, not in the country. The 
collection of mound relics, for instance, is incomparable. The 
Academy building was erected, for the purpose which it serves, upon 
a beautiful lot, the gift of Mrs. P. V. Newcomb. The institution 
has 175 regular and 60 life members. The library is a most valuable 
collection, which was enlarged by more than 2,000 books, pam- 
phlets, and papers, last year. The number of visitors in 1882 was 
about 6,000, of whom 1,800 were non-residents. Three volumes of 
proceedings — works of acknowledged scientific value — have been 
published. 

Soldiers' Orphans' Home. 

The Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home and Home for Indigent Chil- 
dren is a state charitable institution. There are 210 children at the 
Home, of whom 72 are soldiers' orphans. In connection with the 



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institution are thoroughly graded schools, with competent teachers, 
and an industrial department for both boys and girls. Since the 
establishment of the Home, over 1,600 children have been cared 
for and educated — fitted to fight for themselves, with more than an 
even chance of winning success. Suitable buildings, on the cottage 
plan, have been provided, at a cost of $35,000, and connected with 
the Home are 40 acres of land. The expense of maintenance yearly 
is nearly $15,000. The state allowance for each child is $10, while 
the actual cost of support has been $8.33. S. W. Pierce is Super- 
intendent in charge, and Mrs. Pierce, Matron. 

Cook's Home for the Friendless. 

This charity was made possible by the munificence of Mrs. Cla- 
rissa C. Cook, lately deceased. Her will designated the sum of 
$50,000 for the purpose of providing a home for "destitute and in- 
digent females." To this sum $65,000 has been added by the clos- 
ing of the estate. The will also devised for the specified object 
fifteen acres of land in West Davenport. Upon this, at a cost of 
$25,000, has been erected a building adapted, in every particular, 
for a home, and it is now doing its noble work. The affairs are 
directed by a Board of Managers. 




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Notable Institutions. 



Mercy Hospital. 

No institution of Davenport is pointed out with more satisfaction 
than Mercy Hospital, the control and discipline of which is held by 
the Sisters of Mercy. The grounds cover twenty acres. The main 
building is a massive brick of four stories, 150 by 60 feet, containing 
the sick wards. A building of two stories, 40 by 60 feet, is devoted 
to the care of the insane; and a third building, of similar size, is 
used for a Catholic Orphans' Asylum. The afflicted, disabled, and 
indigent here find tender care and medical treatment. 

Young Men's Christian Association. 

The Young Men's Christian Association of Davenport is now in 
its sixteenth year. It has quarters in pleasant rooms, which are 
always open to the public. It has a library, free reading-room, and 
frequent social and literary entertainments. 




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CHAPTER XXXI. 



CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES. 



"/"^ITIES of Churches" would not be an inapt way in which 
^-^ to characterize this triangle of sixty thousand people, which 
has hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in church edifices, 
numbering not less than fifty-five. Several of these are fine archi- 
tectural structures, and all mark the virtue and morality, no less 
than the intelligence and religious interests, of the people. 

_ Davenport is a See city, be- 

sfaHH "^jl ^pF ^-"t- 7 . ing the seat of the Protestant 

. ^ ^:.^_ — ^z^^jp^^ 8 ^ Episcopal Church for the Dio- 
cese of Iowa, Rt. Rev. William 
Stevens Perry, Bishop. Grace 
Cathedral, a grand Gothic ed- 
ifice, cost more than $80,000, 
and, with its handsome 
grounds, upon which is the 
Bishop's vine-covered resi- 
dence, occupies a block. 

PUg zlS~^-^^———~^^^^n a chime of bells costing $6,000, 

and their peals may be heard 
for miles. This city is also 
the place of residence of the 
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, embracing 
the southern half of the state of Iowa. Davenport has four Baptist, 
four Catholic, one Christian, two Congregational, four Episcopal, one 
Hebrew, three Lutheran, four Methodist, four Presbyterian, and one 
Unitarian, churches. 

Rock Island, too, is not without its fine church buildings, one of 
which is the Broadway Presbyterian, representing a cost of $35,000. 
This city has two Baptist, two Catholic, two Christian, two Episco- 
pal, two Lutheran, three Methodist, and four Presbyterian churches. 
The Congregational church of Moline was erected at an outlay 




GRACE CATHEDRAL, DAVENPORT. 



66 Business Associations. 



of not less than $40,000. The Swedish Lutheran edifice cost 
$25,000. There are in this city ten churches — two Baptist, one 
Catholic, one Congregational, two Lutheran, three Methodist, and 
one United Brethren. 

Societies and Orders. 
Of the various fraternities, orders, societies, and brotherhoods, the 
number is surprisingly large, and the membership numerous. Brief 
mention must suffice here, as the initiated member will have no dif- 
ficulty in finding the hand of a brother. There are two Command- 
eries of Knights Templar and nine Masonic Lodges ; twelve Lodges 
and Encampments of Odd Fellows; fourteen Lodges of Ancient 
Order United Workmen; six Lodges of United Brotherhood; four 
of Knights of Pythias; seven Groves of Druids; three Turner soci- 
eties; three gun clubs; three companies of militia; three boat 
clubs, etc. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 

BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS. 

Davenport Board of Trade. 

" I "HE Davenport Board of Trade is an organization of one hun- 
A dred and fifty business men, whose object is thus expressed: 

"To collect and record such local and general statistical informa- 
tion relating to commerce and manufactures as may promote the 
interests of Davenport, and to protect and advance the welfare of 
the commercial and manufacturing, and all other classes of citizens; 
to promote just and equitable principles in trade; to establish uni- 
formity in the commercial usages of the city." 

A. F. Williams is President, and L. F. Parker, Secretary. 

Rock Island Business Men's Association. 

The Business Men's Association of Rock Island is an association 
of more than one hundred public-spirited citizens, who at all times 
act for the best interests of the city, ottering encouragement to 



Three Cities a?id Hock Island Arsenal.- 67 



manufacturing enterprises and to strangers desirous of embarking 
in business here. The officers are J. W. Stewart, President, and 
J. F. Robinson, Secretary. 

Moline. 

The Moline Water Power Company, of which Charles Atkinson 
is President, and J. M. Gould, Secretary, holds out inducements to 
persons wishing to engage in manufacturing or to become residents, 
and offers great advantages of location. 

The Moline Board of Trade has a membership comprising the 

public-spirited manufacturers and merchants. The officers are : 

Hon. J. M. Gould. President; H. A. Barnard, Vice-President; S. H. 

Velie, Secretary: J. W. Warr, Treasurer; and Charles Atkinson. H. 

H. Hill, Thomas Dunn. C. S. Ells. James Shaw, Directors. The 

object of the association is sufficiently stated in the name — it is to 

protect the rights and advance the mercantile and manufacturing 

interests of citizens. 

In General. 

The Davenport Produce Exchange occupies a room connected 
with the Western Union Telegraph office, and receives daily market 
reports from all commercial centers. The rooms are open to 
strangers. 

Each of the cities has a flourishing Loan, Building, and Savings 
Association, which prospers by helping those of small means to 
prosper. These institutions are of admitted benefit to the citizen 
of ordinary means who desires to provide himself a home on the 
most advantageous conditions. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 

BLACK HAWK'S WATCH-TOWER. 

r I A HIS historic spot, the subject of two illustrations, was the re- 
-*■ sort of the Indian chief Black Hawk. It is situated three 
miles south of the city of Rock Island, on the highest bank of Rock 
River, and was selected by the great Sac's father as a lookout at 
the first building of the tribe's village. From its commanding sum- 



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Black Hawks Watch-Tower. 




BLACK HAWK. S WATCH-TOWER, LOOKING EAST. 



mit, an unobstructed view is had up and down the valley of the 
winding river for many miles, and across the low lands to the south. 
For the last half a century, the Tower has been the admiration of 
thousands, and now that the street-car carries the visitor to the very 
peak, it is the popular resort of resident and tourist. The owner, 
Hon. Bailey Davenport, has erected a summer-house at the most 
charming point of view, which is open to all. 

Black Hawk, in his autobiography, which was dictated to Antoine 
Le Claire in 1833, and which has recently been published by Colo- 
nel J. B. Patterson, says of this interesting place: "This tower, to 
which my name has been applied, was a favorite resort, and was 
frequently visited by me alone, when I could sit and smoke my 
pipe, and look with wonder and pleasure at the grand scenes that 
were presented by the sun's rays, even across the mighty water 
[the Mississippi]. On one occasion, a Frenchman who had been 
making his home in our village brought his violin with him to the 
tower, to play and dance for the amusement of our people, who 
had assembled there, and, while dancing with his back to the cliff, 
accidentally fell over it and was killed by the fall. The Indians say 
that always, at the same time of the year, soft strains of the violin 
can be heard near that spot." 






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Another legend is related by Black Hawk. In 1827, a young 
Sioux Indian who was lost in a snow-storm found his way into a 
camp of the Sacs. While there he fell in love with a beautiful 
maiden, and, upon leaving for his own country, promised to return 
during the approaching summer and claim his bride. He did so, 
secreting himself in the woods until he met the object of his love. 
A heavy thunder-storm was coming on at the time. The lovers 
hastened to and took shelter under a cliff of rocks on the south 
side of the tower. Soon after they had done so, a loud peal of 
thunder was heard, the cliff of rocks was shattered into a thousand 
pieces, and the lovers buried beneath them. "This," writes Black 
Hawk, "their unexpected tomb, still remains undisturbed." 




BLACK HAWK S WATCH-TOWER. 



7° Meteorological Summary. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 

METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY. 

BY ROUT. R. MARTIN, UNITED STATES SIGNAL OFFICER. 

PHE following summaries and tables are calculated from the ob- 
servations taken at 6 : 6 a. m., 2 : 6 p. m.. and 10: 6 p. m., daily, 
for the period of eleven years, from 1872 to 1882 inclusive. 

Atmospheric Pressure. 

Table No. 1 gives the monthly and annual means of the actual 
barometer (corrected for temperature and instrumental error only), 
from which it will be seen that the atmospheric pressure is greatest 
in January, whence it decreases until June, thence increases gradu- 
ally until January. The pressure is greatest at 6 a. m., and least at 
2 p. m. The monthly range of the barometer is greatest in Febru- 
ary, when it averages 1.187 inches, and least in August, when its 
average is 0.472 inch. For the seasons the average range is as fol- 
lows: Spring, 0.952 inch; summer, 0.565 inch; autumn, 0.892 inch; 
winter, 1.115 inches. The mean annual actual barometer is 29.369 
inches; reduced to sea-level, 30.037 inches. 

Temperature. 

Table No. 2 shows the mean temperature for each month and 
year, from which it will be seen that July is the warmest month, with 
an average temperature of 75. 4°; August next, 73. 9 ; and January 
is the coldest month, with an average of 22.60. The average annual 
temperature for eleven years is 49. 7 . The average of the highest 
daily temperatures recorded is 73. 8°, and the highest point reached 
by the thermometer on any one day was 98 , on July 5th and 6th, 
1874. Trie average of lowest daily temperatures is 24. i°, and the 
lowest point reached by the thermometer on any one day, to the 
present date, was -23 Cbelow zero), on January 2 2d, 1883, giving 
an extreme absolute range of temperature of 12 1°. The average 
temperature of July at 2 p. m., the hottest part of the day, is 81. 9 , 
and the average temperature of January at 6 a. m., the coldest part 
of the day, is 1 7.9 . 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsefial. 71 

For the seasons, the average temperature is as follows : Spring, 
48. 7 ; summer, 73. 3 ; autumn, 51.2 ; winter, 2 6°. The mean dif- 
ference between spring and summer being 24. 6°; summer and au- 
tumn, 22.1 ; autumn and winter, 25. 2 ; and between summer and 
winter, a mean difference of 47. 3 . The average temperature of 
all the warmest summer days is 82. 6°, and the average of all the 
coldest winter days, 3. 6°. The mean temperature of spring does 
not materially differ from that of the year. Sometimes a greater 
degree of cold is experienced in March than in February: thus, 
March, 1877, was 7. 6° colder than the month that preceded it. 
Generally, however, the measure of heat ■ increases gradually from 
month to month. 

The coldest year was 1875, with an average temperature of 45. 5 , 
and the warmest year 1878, with an average temperature of 52. 2 . 

Table No. 3 gives the highest and lowest temperatures and range 
of temperature from 1873 to 1882. inclusive. 

Table No. 5 gives the dates of earliest and latest frosts and snow- 
falls to date. 

The total number of days on which the maximum and minimum 
thermometers recorded temperatures below 32 can be seen by 
referring to Table No. 4. 

Relative Humidity. 

The degree of relative humidity or moisture of the atmosphere is, 
like the extremes and changes of temperature, of very great im- 
portance. The effects of climate upon the health depend greatly 
upon the humidity or dampness of the air. 

Table No. 7 gives the monthly and annual averages of relative 
humidity, showing that the average percentage is greatest in Janu- 
ary and least in May; and for the seasons, least in spring and great- 
est in winter. The means of summer and autumn do not differ 
materially from each other. The average annual humidity is 69. 1 
per cent, indicating a moderately dry climate, according to the fol- 
lowing classification: "Moderately dry, 56 to 70; moderately moist, 
71 to 85; excessively moist, 86 to 100. The most pleasant degree 
is 70, or thereabouts." 

Rainfall. 

Table No. 8 gives the total amounts of rain and melted snow, 
with monthly and annual averages. The table shows that the pre- 
cipitation is greatest in June, when it averages 5.34 inches, and 



72 Meteorological Summar 



least in February, when its average is 1.37 inches. The average 
monthly rainfall is about 3 inches, and the average annual rainfall, 
36.13 inches. The greatest amount of rain that fell on any one 
day was 3.73 inches, on September 18th, 1874. Most of the rain- 
fall occurred during the night or in the eight hours ending at 6 a. m., 
and least in the eight hours ending at 10 p. m. 

Wind. 

The most prevalent wind is the NW., and the order of winds rela- 
tive to frequency is as follows: NW., SW., W., E., NE., S., SE., N., 
the first being the most and the last the least frequent. Easterly 
winds are more prevalent in spring than in any other season of the 
year. The prevailing winds of spring and summer are SW. ; of 
autumn and winter, NW. 

Clouds. 

Table No. 4 shows the average cloudiness for months and sea- 
sons (scale o to 10). 

The most cloudy month is December, with an average of 6.1, and 
August the least cloudy, with an average of 4.2. The afternoon is 
usually the most cloudy part of the day, and the night least cloudy. 
During the eleven years from 1872 to 1882, the percentage of clear 
days was 29 per cent; fair days, 41 per cent; and cloudy days, 30 
per cent. 

Climate. 

The climate of this locality is decidedly temperate, but it is not 
an equable one. In common with a large part of the Mississippi 
Valley, the climate is subject to comparatively great extremes; yet 
these extremes never reach the excessive cold of Minnesota nor 
the higher temperature of Missouri. Its geographical position, ap- 
proximating the center of the continent, exempts it from the extreme 
changes which occur in the older states of the East, nearer the At- 
lantic coast. In its sanitary relations, the general climate is favora- 
ble, made so by a desirable combination of the means of heat and 
cold, rain, sunshine, and humidity. The daily changes of tempera- 
ture are considerable; there is a full share of humidity, and suffi- 
cient rains. It is well adapted to the growth of all kinds of grain 
and other crops. The variable character of the climate is reflected 
in the energy and activity of the people, and is favorable to the 
growth of a strong, active, and hard)- race. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 



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TABLE NO. 



Showing Maximum, Minimum, and Range of Temperature for each 

U. S. Signal Office, at the southwest 





Jan. 


Feb. 


March. 


April. 




May. 


June. 


Year. 


00 

M 
S 


00 
03 

o 

Hi 


03 

f3 


00 
OJ 

.d 

s 


00 

03 

o 


03 

be 

a 
« 


ao 
m 

bp 

s 


to 

03 

o 


03 

be 


00 
03 

M 

5 


00 
03 

is 

o 


03 

bD 

a 


03 

bfl 

s 


00 
03 

o 


03 

bfi 
S3 

« 


00 
03 

bC 

M 


OS 
03 

o 


03 

to 

P 
re 

K 


1873. 


o 
44 
60 
39 
58 
53 
49 
50 
56 
40 
58.2 


o 

-20 
-10 
-22 


-11 



-19 

17 

-21 




o 
64 
70 
61 
58 
64 
49 
69 
39 
61 
58.2 


o 

45 
48 
39 
62 
59 
58 
50 
62 
48 
86.7 


o 

-10 
-4 

-16 
-5 
18 
17 
-3 

-7 
6 


o 
55 
52 
55 
67 
41 
41 
53 
55 
55 
60.7 


O 

57 
61 
74 
70 
66 
73 
71 
64 
45 
64.7 


o 

-6 

13 

1 
7 


29 
8 
8 
7 

10 


o 
63 
48 
73 
63 
66 
44 
63 
56 
38 
54.7 


O 

80 
73 
75 

72 
73 
76 

81 

79 

77 

78.2 


o 
31 
21 
18 
30 
22 
35 
20 
29 
16 
28 


o 
49 
52 
57 
42 
51 
41 
61 
50 
61 
50.2 


o 

83 
90 

87 
87 
85 
81 
86 
89 
88 
78.7 


o 

40 

41 

29 

33 

35 

36 

33 

45 

38 

33 


o 
43 
49 
58 
54 
50 
45 
53 
44 
50 
45.7 


o 
92 
93 
90 

88 
86 
88 
88 
89 
89 
89.2 


o 
56 
52 
45 
43 
44 
48 
48 
51 
51 
43 


o 
36 


1874 


41 


1875 

1876 


45 
45 


1877 


42 


1878 


40 


1879. . 


40 


1880 


38 


1881 


38 


1882 


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TABLE NO. 4. — Showing the Means and Extremes of Pressure, Temperature, Rainfall, 

U. S. Signal Office, at the southwest 



Season. 


Month. 


Actual Barometer. 
Corrected for Temperatuie and Instrumental Error. 




Mean. 


Highest. 


Lowest. 


Range. 






29.360 
29.299 
29.311 


30.021 • 

29.859 

29.846 


28.350 

28.574 
28.671 


1.671 






1.285 


spring. 


May 


1.175 




Average 


29.323 


Highest, 
30.021 


Lowest, 

28.350 


Absolute 

Range, 

1.671 






29.284 
29.1343 
29.348 


29.715 
29.669 
29.710 


28.616 
28.938 
29.d26 


1.099 




iJuly 


0.731 


SUMMER. 


August 


0.684 


Average 


29.325 


Highest, 
29.715 


Lowest, 
28.616 


Absolute 

Range, 

1.099 




September 

October 

November 


29.378 
29.386 
29.419 


29.784 
29.953 
29.998 


28.872 
28.653 
28.480 


0.912 
1.300 
1 .518 




Average 


29.394 


Highest, 

29.998 


Lowest, 

28.480 


Absolute 

Ranee, 

1.518 




December 

January 

February 

Average 


• 29.445 
29.447 
29.403 


30.121) 
30.085 
30.066 


28.571 
28.564 
28.484 


1.549 
1.521 
1.582 




29.432 


Highest, 

30.120 


Lowest, 
23.484 


Absolute 

Range, 

1.636 



Note.— The sign minus ( - ) denotes below zero. 

Examined and corrected at the office of the Chief Signal Officer, U. 8. Army, 
Washington, I). C, on May 29th and 31st, 1888. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 



75 



Month and Year, at Davenport, Iowa, from 1873 to 1882. inclusive, from the Records of the 
corner of Second and Main Streets. 



JULY. 


August. 


Sept. 


Oct. 


Nov. 




Dec. 


Yeah. 


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o 


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o 


o 


o 


o 


o 


93 


61 


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95 


60 


35 


86 


37 


49 


74 


18 


56 


62 


7 


55 


59 


7 


52 


95 


-20 


115 


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56 


42 


95 


58 


37 


89 


43 


46 


77 


29 


48 


71 





71 


54 


-8 


62 


98 


-10 


108 


92 


58 


84 


86 


48 


38 


88 


37 


51 


73 


29 


44 


56 


-3 


59 


60 


-6 


66 


92 


-22 


114 


90 


57 


38 


90 


m 


37 


79 


41 


38 


75 


25 


50 


65 


8 


57 


47 


-17 


64 


90 


-17 


107 


92 


55 


37 


88 


53 


35 


86 


47 


39 


82 


34 


48 


57 


7 


50 


63 


20 


43 


92 


-11 


103 


95 


56 


39 


90 


56 


34 


86 


41 


45 


80 


23 


57 


59 


25 


34 


46 


-7 


53 


95 


-7 


102 


94 


58 


36 


90 


50 


40 


81 


36 


45 


85 


24 


61 


71 


15 


56 


57 


-14 


71 


94 


-19 


113 


94 


52 


42 


93 


52 


41 


86 


43 


43 


78 


24 


54 


64 


1 


63 


52 


-14 


66 


94 


-14 


108 


94 


57 


37 


96.3 


53.5 


42.8 


94 


46 


48 


79 


37 


42 


65 


6 


59 


55 


12 


43 


96.3 


-21 


117.3 


bH.7 


53 


35.7 


88.7 


52 


36.7 


88.7 


43 


45.7 


79.7 


36 


43.1 


68.7 


19 


49.7 


49.7 


-15 


64.7 


89.2 


-15 


104.2 



Clouds, Winds, etc., from 1872 to 1882, inclusive, at Davenport, Iowa, from the Records of the 
corner of Second and Main Streets. 


Thermometer. 


>> 

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ga 

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at 

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70.3 
62.7 
62.6 


Rainfall. 
Inch. &Rundth. 


m 

GQ 

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B° 

So 

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bfl 
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1 


r-JIEAN OIS 


NUMBER OF DATS. 


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w 


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O 
Hi 


Mean. 


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o 
o 


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p 


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Jl 

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a > 

a 5 


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S S 


o 
35.3 
48.7 
61.1 


o 
74 
81 
90 


O 

-6 

16 
29 


O 

80 
65 
61 


o 
63.3 
70.3 

80.7 


o 

8.0 
20.7 
37.0 


53 
3 



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214 

54 










2.42 
3.26 
4.43 


1.61 
3.04 
2.79 


5.6 
5.3 
4.9 


NW 

NE&NW 

E 


48.4 


Br- 
est, 
90 


Lo'- 
est, 
-6 


Abso. 

Rng. 

96 


Warm- 
est, 
80.7 


Cold- 
est, 
8.0 


Total No. Days. 
56 268 


65.2 


10.11 


Great- 
est, 
3.04 


5.3 


NW 


70.7 
75.4 
73.9 


93 
98 
96.3 


43 
52 

48 


50 
46 

48.3 


86.3 
87.7 
87.3 


48.3 
60.3 
59.0 













10 

41 
29 


69.7 
68.3 
68.1 


5.34 
4.05 
3.70 


3.50 
3.11 
2.70 


5.2 

4.4 
4.2 


sw 

sw 
sw 


73.3 


Br- 
est, 

98 


Lo'- 

est, 
43 


Abso. 

Rng. 

55 


Warm- 
est, 

87.7 


Cold- 
est, 
48.3 


TotaL No. Days. 

1 1 80 


68.7 


13.09 


Great- 
est, 
3.50 


4.6 


sw 


64.2 
52.7 
36.6 


94 
85 
71 


36 
18 
-3 


58 
67 
74 


84.7 
77.0 
64.3 


44.0 

25.0 

2.0 





45 




24 

163 


3 




68.9 
66.6 
69.8 


3.66 
2.56 
1.92 


3.73 
2.29 
1.49 


4.5 
5.0 
5.9 


sw 

sw 

NW 


51.2 


Br- 
est, 
94 


Lo 1 - 

est, 
-3 


Abso. 


Warm- 
est, 

84.7 


Cold- 
est, 
2.0 


Total No. Days. 
45 187-1 3 


68.4 


8.14 


Great- 
est, 
3.73 


5.1 


sw 


27.3 
22.6 
28.1 


63 
60 
66.7 


-17 
-22 
-16 


80 
82 
82.7 


59.0 
51.3 
53.0 


-9.0 
-16.3 
-6.7 


128 
179 
108 


256 
299 
246 







73.8 
75.4 

72.9 


1.58 
1.80 
1.37 


1.39 
1.85 

2.07 


6.1 
5.6 
5.4 


NW 
W 
NW 


26.0 


Br- 
est, 
66.7 


Lo 1 - 

est, 
-22 


Abso. 
Rng. 

88.7 


Warm- 
est, 
59.0 


Cold- 
est, 
-16.3 


Total Mo. Days. 

415 1 801 1 


74.0 


4.75 


Great- 
est, 
2.07 


5.7 


NW 



* January, February, March, and April, from 1873 to 1883, inclusive. 
May to December, 1872 to 1882, inclusive. 

Robt. R. Martin, 

Sergt. Signal Corps, V. S. A. 



76 



Meteorological Summary. 



TABLE NO. 5.— Showing date of Earliest and Latest Frosts and Snowfalls, at 

Davenport, Iowa, from 1872, from the Records of the U. S. Signal Office, 

southwest corner of Second and Main Streets. 





Frost. 


Safow. 


Winter of. 










Date of Earliest. 


Bate of Latest. 


Date of Earliest.] Date of Latest. 


1871 - 1872 


Station opened 


Mav 24. 1871. 




April 15, 1872 


1872 - 1873 


Oct. 23,1872 


April 29, 1873 


Nov. 14, 1872 


April 24, 1873 


1873-1874 


Sept. 19, 1873 


April 29, 1874 


Oct, 22,1873 


April 27, 1874 


1874-1875 


Oct. 12, 1874 


May 6, 1875 


Oct. 30, 1874 


April 16, 1875 


1875-1876 


Sept. 18, 1875 


Mav 23, 1876 


Oct. 26,1875 


Mar. 28, 1876 


1876 - 1877 


Sept. 27, 1876 Mav 2, 1877 


Nov. 6, 1876 


April 29, 1877 


1877 - 1878 


Sept, 18, 1877 ' Mav 13, 1878 


Nov. 1,1877 


Mar. 30, 1878 


1878 - 1879 


Sept. 11, 1878 


April 18, 1879 


Oct. 26, 1878 


April 2, 1879 


1879-1880 


Sept. 19, 1879 


April 30, 1880 


Nov. 1, 1879 


Mar. 18, 1880 


1880-1881 


Oct. 4, 1880 


Mav 3, 1881 


Oct. 16, 1880 


April 12, 1881 


1881 - 1882 


Oct. 5, 1881 


May 24, 1882 


Nov. 11, 1881 


Mav 23, 1882 


1882 - 1883 


Oct. 17,1882 


Mav 22, 1883 


Nov. 25, 1882 


April 6,1883 



TABLE NO. 6.— Showing the Highest and Lowest Stages of Water, with Dates 

of same, of the Mississippi River, at Davenport, Iowa, on the gauge now in 

use on the draw-pier of the Government Bridge, from 

1860 to 1882, inclusive. 





High Water. 




Low Water. 




\ear. 


Ft. and Tenths. 




Ft. and Tenths. 


' 


1860 


12 ft. .3 


March 3 


1ft. .7 


Sept. 4 to 7 


1861 


13.7 


March 2 


1.5 


Dec. 8 and 9 


1862 


16.55 


Mav 5 to 8 


0.95 


December 12 


1863 


9.3 


May 1 to 4 


1.25 


Aug. 9 and 10 


1864 


8.9 


February 27 


0.34 


November 29 


1865 


11.7 


April 23 and 24 


1.90 


December 12 


1866 


16.45 


Mav 4 


2.40 


Oct. 23 and 24 


1867 


15.15 


June 28 and 29 


1.65 


Dec. 7 and 8 


1868 


15.2 


March 11 


1.6 


December 16 


1869 


13.2 


Oct. 9 and 10 


2.4 


March 25 


1870 


17.0 


April 24 and 25 


2.2 


December 21 


1871 


13.2 


Mav 14 to 16 


1.0 


November 27 


1872 


9.4 


Mav 28 


0.65 


November 24 


1873 


14.2 


March 15 


0.75 


December 1 


1874 


15.75 


March 10 


0.4 


December 3 


1875 


12.95 


April 29 


0.1 


November 27 


1876 


13.35 


April 17 


1.4 


January 12 


1877 


9.95 


April 4 


0.75 


September 25 


1878 


7.15 


July 17 


Zero. 


Dec. 14 and 15 


1879 


7.85 


June 1 


1.05 


October 1 


1880 


18.4 


June 26 


1.2 


February . 2 


1881 


17.7 


Oct. 25 to 27 


2.6 


August 26 


1882 


14.1 


April 23 


1.7 


January 8 



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78 Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 



JAMES J. PARKS. ADAIR KLEASANTS. 

Parks & Pleasants, 

Attorneys at ^aw 

Rooms 1 and 2 Buford's Block, 

ROCK ISLAND, ILL. 



FRED. G. CLAUSEN, 

ARCHITECT. 



Office in Der Demohrat Building, 
Second Floor, 

West Third St. DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



W. S. CAMERON & SON, 

The Edison Light 

ifflli 



N. C. Martin, Sec. E. S. Carl, Treas. 



A FULL LINE OF 



«iMen's Furnishing Goods?* 

And Hats, ready at all times for inspec- 
tion. *** New supplies being 
received daily. 

127 East Third St. Davenport, Iowa. 



Davenport Oat Meal Co. 

STEEL CUT 
J±. IB- & O. 

OAT MEAL. 

Mills, Cor. Fifth and Iowa Streets, 

Davenport, Iowa. 

Board of Directors.— J. H. Murphy, Presi- 
dent; J. F. O'Connor, Vice-President ; 
F. H. Miller, F. H. Griggs, 
C. F. Knappe. 



MORGAN & McCANDLESS. 

DENTAL ROOMS, 



Library Building, 



DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



THE MOST COMPLETE AND FINEST OFFICE IN THE STATE. 

Continuous Gnm Plate Work and Gold Fillings with the Electric Mallet made only at 

this office. We do a greater variety of work than any other office in the State, and 

guarantee the best satisfaction or refund the money. Nitrous Oxide Gas 

j. b. mor3an. d.d.s. I administered for the painless extraction of teeth. | A . w. ntcandless, d.d.s. 




PIONEER AND LARGEST 



Furniture and 



# 



Carpet House 



«ROCKISLAND,.ILL.* 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 79 



H. A. Barxard, President. J. Silas Leas, Vice-Pres. TV. C. Bennktt, Sec and Treas. 

« 3 BARNARD & LEAS MFG. CO. g > 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

Victor Smutters, Victor Brush Scourer, 

Advance Brush and Smut Machine, Barnard's Oustless Wheat Separator, 

Duplex Separator and Grader, 

Eureka Flour Packers, Eureka Bran Packers, Middlings Purifier, 

Victor Corn Shellers and Dustless Corn Cleaner. 



ZMZOIiUDsTJE. 



iiiiiizrsrois. 



EBI & NEUMAN, 




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lists 



MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN 

:f_a.:r,:m: iMi^ciHiiEisriEJiR,'^. 



Corner Front and Gaines Streets, 



DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



PHENIX 



MILL CO. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Spring and Winter Wheat 

Patent and Fancy 

FAMILY 

flOHF 



THIS MILL IS 

Furnished with the Latest and 

Most Improved Roller 

System. 



F. H. Griggs, President. 

F. T. Blttkck, Sec. and Treas. 

H. Poul, Superintendent. 




ZD.A/v:E:isr:Fo:R/T, iowa. 



80 Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 



CASH HOUSE. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 

J. H. C. PETERSEN & SONS, 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN 



Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery 

Carpets, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Furs, Cloves, Clothing, 
Bed Feathers, and Cents' Furnishing Goods, 

217, 217^, 219, and 221 West Second Street, DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

Cor. Second and State Sts., Geneseo, 111. 234 and 236 Fifth Ave., Clinton, Iowa. 



Established 1864. 



Bryant* dob, 




Orders Filled at Eastern Prices. 

207 ' 209 Brady Street, DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

ESTABLISHED 1857. 

Jens Lorenzen, 

IMPORTER OF AND DEALER IN 

China, Crockery * Glassware, 

223 West Third St. DAVENPORT, IOWA. 




WOOLEN I MILLS I GOMPANY 




FLANNELS, 



DAVBNPORT, IOWA. 

Correspondence Invited. . 

Wi. Renwick, PreB. S. A. Jennings, Manager. J. B. Phelps, Sec. and Treats. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 81 



ESTABLISHED 1868. 



MASON'S CARRIAGE WORKS, 

(FORMERLY MASON & EVANS.) 
I 19 and 121 E. FOURTH ST. DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

REPOSITORY UNDER KIMBALL HOUSE. 

*SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES.* 



FINE ORDERED WORK A SPECIALTY. 



RICHARDSON BROS, 

^THOROUGHBRED* 

JERSEY CATTLE 

LARGEST HERD IN THE WEST. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 

DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



ESTABLISHED 1869. 



DEALERS IN 



Iron, Carriage IJardware, 

WAGON STOCK, 

Blacksmiths' Furnishing and Hard Wood Lumber, 



Cor. Main and Third Streets, DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



82 Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 

M. D. HUGGINS, 

Gehebal Cohhissiok 

AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN 

Fruits, Nuts, Paper Bags, Wrapping Papers, Twines, Etc. 

DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

Moline Stove Co. 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

AND LIGHT GRAY IRON CASTINGS. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. 

«MOLINE,- ILLINOIS.* 



ESTABLISHED 1854. 



lECfl 



MANUFACTURERS OF 




AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF 

#_ —TOBACCOS AND PIPES.— — * 

Special Brands, "Rob Roy" and "Modoc." 
306 West Second Street, DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

M. M. BRIGGrS, 

Livery, Sale, and Feed Stable, 

Cor. Nineteenth St. and Second Ave. 
ROCK ISLAND, ILL. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 83 

J e 1, CHBISTT, 

MANUFACTURER OF 

Crackers i Biscuits, 

ROCK ISLAND, ILL. *m DES MOINES, IOWA. 

SPECIALTIES : 



the CHRISTY OYSTER— s v-And CHRISTY WAFERS. 

DEALER IN 

jStoves,* Ranges,-:- furnaces, 

Marble, ^Slate, Iron, and Wood Mantels, Grates of airkinds^Tile of 

every description, Brass Goods, Registers, Pumps, and all 

kinds of House -Furnishing Goods. 

The best of workmen employed in the manufacture of Cornices, Creamers, Tin. 
Sheet-Iron, and Copper Work of all kinds, Tin and Sheet-Iron Roofing, etc. 



Estimates Sent by Mam 



I 728 Second Avenue, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS. 



HIest Davenport Furniture go. 

Manufacturers of All Kinds of 

— FURNlfURE — 



Illustrated Catalogue Price List sent on application. 

OFFICE, NO. 518 WARREN STREET, 

*• DAVENPORT,- IOWA.* 



84 Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 



The Leading Book and Stationery House. 



THOMPSON 4 CARMICHAEL, 

Miscellaneous ^ School Books 

BLANK BOOKS AND STATIONERY. 

Finest line of Engravings, Pictures, Mouldings, and Frames in the city, *** Paper- 
Hangings and Decorations, from the Cheapest to the Finest Grades. 

Cor. Brady and Third Streets, DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

huqh warnock. Established I 853. Robert ralston. 



WARNOCK * RALSTON, 

MANUFACTURERS OP 

-SOAPS- 



CANDLES AND LARD OIL, 

Cor. Fifth Ave. and Second St. ROCK ISLAND, ILL. 

CHAS. BEIDERBECKE. - F. H. MILLER. 

gEIDEl^BECKE § IQffiDSR 

HIr?OIiEpiiE gR06ERS 

DHVENP01W, I6WH. 
D. DONALDSON, 



MANIF.U Tl'KER OK 



Butchers' Tools, SAWS Ice Plows, Etc. 



SAW MILL SAWS A SPECIALTY. 
Cor. Fourth Ave. and Sixteenth St. ROCK ISLAND, ILL, 

ESTABLISHED 1867. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 85 



LYMAN A. ELLIS. 



J. H. MURPHY. 



GEORGE E. GOULD. 



Ellis, Murphy & Gould, 



office: 
Metropolitan Block. 



Davenport, Iowa. 



-) Practice in Federal and State Courts. (- 



THE OLD RELIABLE 

Diamond Jo Steamboat Line. 

Three Boats per Week, Each Way, Between St. Louis and St. Paul. 

The Steamer " Josephine " runs between Rock Island and Dubuque, connecting at 
Fulton and Rock Island with the leading railroads for business to or from the East, 
South, or West. 

Mark and consign shipments care Diamond Jo Line Steamers. 
JO REYNOLDS, E. M. DICKEY, JAMES OSBORN, GEORGE LAMONT, 

General Manager. Gen, Freight Agent. Agent, Dauenport. Agent, Rock Island. 




Established 1863. — Incorporated 1873. 



MOLINE 




MANUFACTURERS 



IRON LIFT, FORCE AND CISTERN 

P»TJJYII»S, 

For Hand and Windmill Use, 
and 

WOOD SUCTION | CHAIN 

Rubber Buckets, Iron Sinks, Etc. 

Also Jobbers in Iron and Lead Pipe, 

Malleable Fittings, Hose and Brass 

Goods, as well as Complete Stocks 

of Tools for Pump Purposes. 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS, 



86 Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisetnents. 



Firetand*Life*Ii}suraiiGe, 

OFFICE-ROOMS 3 AND 4, MASONIC TEMPLE, 

ROCK ISLAND, ILL. 



H. H. Feloh, Manager. 



R. F. Hull, Traveling Agent. 



MANUFACTUBEKS OF 



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« 



o< Firemen's, -Farmer's, -Trestle, -Step, -and- Extension - Ladders. >o 

The only exclusive Ladder House in the West. Lightest, cheapest, and strongest 
Ladder made. Also Butter-Trays, Washboards, Clothes-Racks, etc. 

Office and Warerooms, Northeast Corner Fourth and LeClaire-Sts., Davenport, Iowa. 

St. Louis & St. Paul Packet Company 




GREAT THROIGH PASSENGER ROUTE 

TO ALL POINTS IN THE NORTHWEST, 

57". PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, DULUTH, AND BISMARCK, 
AND 

ALL POINTS IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST, 

ARKANSAS AND TEXAS. 

The Most Direct and Cheapest Route, offering greater inducements and better accom- 
modations, giving passengers an opportunity of visiting St. Louis, the great metropolis 
of the West, on their way to Arkansas, Texas, and Florida, and sa\ing excursionists 
from the South a tiresome all-rail ride to the summer resorts of ihe great Northwest. 

THROUGH TICKETS For S. %X?°£fJ? nts ' 

Further information given on application to or writing 
LON BRYSON, Agent, Davenport, Iowa. A. M. HUTCHINSON, Supt, Keokuk, Iowa. 



F. L.. JOHNSON, Sec'y, St. Louis, Mo. 



W. F. HAVIDSON, Pres., St. Paul, Minn. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 



87 



Rock Islands Peoria Railway 

CENTRAL SHORT LINE. 

Connecting Link between the Southeast and the Great West and Northwest. 
FOUR FAST PASSENGER TRAINS DAILY (except Sunday), 

Making close connections for all principal cities in the East, South, West, and North hy 
most desirable routes. 

Through Tickets sold at lowest rates and Baggage checked through to the smallest 
hamlet, as \\A\ as to the large cities. 

Special attention given to the shipment of freight consigned to the care of the Rock 
Island & Peoria Railway at Rock Island or Peoria. 

R. R. CABLE, Gen. Supt. H. B. SUDLOW, Asst. Supt A. N. MORTON, Gen. Frt. and Tkt. Agt. 




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Established 1857. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



H. F. MOELLER, 

MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF 

WOODEN BOXES 



Patent Double-Cylinder $ Greenwood Washing Machines, 
DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



GEO. H. YOUNG. 



E. S. BAI/LORD. 



GEO. H. YOUNG & CO. 

WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS. 




200, 202, 204, 206 East front St. DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 89 



KEIMEKS & FERNAM), 

Manufacturing Confectioners 

JOBBERS IN 

Nuts, Dates, Figs, Crackers, Cigars, Fireworks, Cove Oysters, Sardines, 



PAPER BAGS, ETC. 



«?DAVENP©ET, IOWA.S* 



Le Claire Foundry i Machine Shops, 



M. DONAHUE, Proprietor. DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

MANUFACTURER OF 

stie^im: EZLsra-iZLsTiES, 

Sugar and Corn, Mills, Mill Gearing; House Work, including Columns, 

Window Caps and Sills, Door-Plates, etc.; Boiler Fronts, 

Iron Fencing and Cresting, etc. 

Especial attention given to all kinds of Engine Work, Mill and Mining Machinery, 
and General Jobbing. Employing the best machinery and skilled workmen, full satis- 
faction in work is guaranteed, with the lowest prices. 

"The Donahue Variable Cut-Off Engine" and the "The Donahue Excelsior 
Corn and Cob Mill" are specialties of our manufacture. 
Orders solicited, and price lists furnished on request. 

Established 1854. 



MANUFACTURER OF 



*BIDB*(ft@PtSr* 

AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF 

FINE-CUT, PLUG, AND SMOKING TOBACCOS, 

Importer and Dealer In Leaf Tobacco. DAVE N PORT, IOWA. 

Moline Scale Co. - Moline, III. 

Manufacturers of the 

Celebrated Victor 
Standard 



SCALES. 

Hay, Stock, 
Railroad, Ware- 
house, Dormant and 
Portable Scales. 




For DURABILITY, 

ACCURACY, 

and RELIABILITY 

THE 

VICTOR 

HAS 
NO EQUAL 



90 Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 



i 



Wholesale Druggists. 

Dealers in Surgical Instruments and Physicians' Supplies, 

o— =~5r" • E©GK ISIAND, IU. 

T. J. Robinson, Pres. J. H. Wilson, Vice-Pres. J. F. Robinson, Cashier. 

Rogk Island National Bank, 



ROOK ISLAND, ILLINOIS. 



CAPITAL STOCK, . . $100,000. | SURPLUS FUND, . . $50,000. 
UNDIVIDED PROFITS, . $35,000. 



New York Correspondent — National Park Bank. Chicago Correspondents — Commer- 
cial National Bank and Meichancs Loan and Trust Company. 



ESTABLISHED 1856. 

Mitchell & Lynde, 

-* Bankers,*- 



T. L. MITCHELL. 
CORNELIUS LYNDE. 
I'll II.. MITCHELL. 



Rock Island, Illinois. 



Bailey Davexpokt, Pres. Jos. Rosenfield, Vice-Pres. John Peetz, Cashier. 

Peoples National Bank 

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS. 



Capital, - $100,000. | Surplus, - $25,000. 

A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED. 



New York Correspondent — Importers and Traders National Bank. Chicago Corre- 
spondent—Northwestern National Bank. 

COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 91 

J. W. STEWART. J. M. MONTGOMERY. 

STEWART & MONTGOMERY, 

JOBBERS OF 

Hardware, Iron, Nails, 

Glass, Cutlery, Cordage, Belting, Mechanics' Tools, Wagon Stock, Etc. 

Agents for the Glidden S'eel Barbed TtrkfTTr tot G rrnTrk tt t tut^tcy 

Fence Wire. ^@CK IJSI^ND, Iljlil]^01g. 

T50S. EQcGiilloug? 5 Sorj, 



W. J. MCCUXLOUGH. 



3]g B^DY JSW. DAYEHPORT, IOWA. 

Habpee House, 

BEN HARPER, Proprietor, 

EOGK ISLAND, IU. 

This is one of the finest and best kept hotels in the United States. There is no other 
hotel in the world that is safer against fire or means of escape from fire. Watchmen 
patrol the halls at all hours of night. Every room has a mercury alarm, which at 110 
degrees of heat alarms the office. Every floor has permanent standpipes, with direct 
pressure, connected with the water mains of the Holly Water Works, and hose reaching 
every room on each floor. The outside, from ridge to lower story, is supplied on all 
sides with Benner's iron balconies and permanent and safely anchored iron fire-escape 
ladders, perfectly safe for women or children, and can be reached from the rooms 
without opening doors into the halls. Large standpipes connected with these ladders 
run to the roof, with valves at every floor, and the whole house can be flooded with 
water, inside and outside, in one minute's time. The facilities, both for extinguishing 
fire and escaping from fire are equalled by no other house in the world. 

No other House in the United States has better Water. 

Every part of the House is neat, clean, and healthy. 

Telegraph, Telephone, and Street Car connections. 

STOP AT THE HARPER HOUSE WHEN YOU VISIT ROCK ISLANO. 



92 Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal — Advertisements. 



Consort Life Company, 

104 East Third Street, DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

Pays a death benefit from proceeds of an assessment on its membership, which 
membership can be taken in one or more of its four divisions (A, B, C, and D) — max- 
imum benefit in each being limited to $2,000. . . . For husband and wife, in perfect 
health, the Joint Life Divisions, A or A and B, are first recommended, inasmuch as 
the Company takes the entire risk, and neither person insured need take thought 
which will die first, as the entire insurance paid for matures and becomes payable on 
the death of Qxe first of the two lives insured. This plan not only affords the desired 
protection to the children, but also secures to the surviving parent, in old age, a 
competency which ought to be appreciated. 

J. S. Keator, Pres. S. J. Keator, Vice-Pres. B. C. Keator, Sec. and Treas. 

Established 1856. Incorporated April 15, 1881. 



J. S. Keator Lumber Company 

manufacturers of and dealers in 

GANG-SAWED LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES. 

Dimension Timber of any size sawed to order. Estimates furnished on application. 

Office, Cor. Water and Atkinson Sts. MOLINE, ILLINOIS. 

SMITH <& STEARNS PAINT CO. 

MAKEKS OF 

BBY CO LOB 



S. & S. P. CO. 



BRIGHT V E RMILLION , 

CHEMICALLY PURE. 

CH ROME YELLOW S, 
PRIMER S and PASTE PAINTS. 

All the above specially adapted for use of Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements. 
ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF 

Guaranteed to be perfectly pure. Write for Circulars. 

SMITH & STEARNS PAINT CO. DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 



93 



INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



A ' PAGE. 

Academy of Sciences, . . 62 
Academy of the Immaculate 

Conception, .... 58 
Ackley House, . . . . 61 
Advantages, Manufacturing, 42 
Appropriations by Congress, 23 
Armstrong, Fort, ... 22 
Arsenal, Rock Island, capac- 
ity of, 30 

Association, Rock Island Busi- 
ness Men's, ... 66 
Association, Y. M. C, . . 64 
Associations, Loan, Building, 

and Savings, 67 

Asylum, Catholic Orphans', 64 
Atmospheric Pressure, . . 70 



B. 



Banks, names and business of, 52 
Barometer, means of, . 73, 74 
Bells, chime of, .... 65 
Birds, the Island as a conserv- 
atory, 30, 31 

Black Hawk, . 18, 22. 68, 69 
Black Hawk'sWatch-Tower,5 1,67 
Board of Trade, Davenport, 66 
Board of Trade, Moline, . 67 

Bosse, Henry 17 

Bridges, 27 

Burlington, distance to, 19 

Burtis Opera House, . . 61 



C. 

Canal, Hennepin. 
Cemetery, National, 
Chicago, distance to. 
Churches, . 
Climate, . ... 
Clock, Arsenal, . 
Cloudiness, 
Coal Mines, . . 
College, Augustana, 
College, Davenport Business 



48 
35 
l 9 

65 

72 

2 3 

72 

45 
57 
58 



J College, Griswold, ... 57 
Congress, acts of, ... 23 

I Contents, table of, ... 11 
Cook, Mrs. Clarissa C, 60, 6$ 
Cotton Goods, manufacture of, 43 
Council Bluffs, distance to, 19 

D. 

Davenport City, . . . . 35 

Davenport, Col. George, 23, 32 

Davenport, Hon. Bailey, . 68 

Des Moines, distance to, . 19 

Drives, pleasure, . . . . 50 

Dubuque, distance to, . . 19 



Educational Advantages, . 57 
Exchange, Davenp't Produce, 67 

F. 

Factories enumerated, . . 53 

Ferry Boat, 51 

Flagler, Col. D. W., 17, 25, 30, 32 
Frosts, table of earliest and 
latest, 76 

G. 

German Theater, ... 62 
H. 

Harper House, . . . . 61 

Harper's Theater, 62 

Hennepin Canal. ... 48 

Home for the Friendless, . 63 

Home, Soldiers' Orphans', . 62 

Hospital, Mercy, .... 64 

Hotels, 61 

Humidity, relative, etc., 71, 77 



Illustrations, list of, . . . 12 

Iron Mines, 45 

K. 

Kansas City, distance to, . 19 



94 



Index of Contents. 



Keator House, Moline, . 61 
Kimball House, Davenport, 61 
Kingsbury, Maj., .... 24 



Latitude and Longitude, . 19 
Le Claire, Antoine, ... 68 
Legends, Indian, . ■ ■ 33, 34 

Libraries, 60 

Location of the Three Cities, 19 
Lumber, amount floated by, 45 

M. 
Manufacturing Advantages, 3S 
Manufacturing Statistics, . 55 
Martin, Capt. R. R., . 17, 70 

Meteorology, 70 

Middlemen discussed, . 42, 43 
Mills enumerated, ... 53 
Milwaukee, distance to, -19 
Mississippi River, flow of water, 41 

Moline City, 37 

Moline Water Power Co., 37, 67 

N. 

Newcomb House, . . *. 61 

Newcomb, Mrs. P. V., . . 62 

Newspapers, 56 

O. 

Opera Houses, . . . 61, 62 
Orders, civic and benevolent, 66 



P. 
Peal's Hotel, . . 
Peoria, distance to, 
Perry, Bishop, . 
Population, 
Prison, Military, . 



. 61 
. 19 
57,65 
. 19 
• 34 



R. 

Railroads, 47 

7i, 74,75 
. 20, 21 

3* 
24 
76 



Rainfall, 

Rock Island. 

Rock Island City, . . 

Rodman, Gen. T. J., . ; 

River, stage of, ... 

S. 
Schools, Davenport, . 
Schools, Moline, . 
Schools, Rock Island, . 
Sciences, Academy of, . 
Seminary, Augustan a Theo 
Seminary, St. Ambrose, 
Shoemaker, Capt., . 
Shops, Armory and Arsenal 
Snowfalls, dates of, . . 

Societies, 

Statistics, Manufacturing, 
Steamboats, .... 
Street-Car Lines, . 
Street, Gen., .... 
St. James Hotel, . . . 
St. Louis, distance to, . 
St. Paul, distance to, 

T. 

Telephone, system of, . 
Temperature, changes of, 
Trade, the wholesale, 
Transportation Facilities, 

W. 

Wagner's Opera House, 
Water Power, data of, . 
Wheelock, S. W., 
Wholesale Jobbing Houses, 
Winds, prevalent, 
Woods, hard and soft 



58 
59 
59 
62 

57 
58 

23 
26 
76 
65 

55 
47 
5i 
22 
61 
*9 
x 9 



5i 

73 
55 
45 

62 
40 
60 

55 
72 

45 



INDEX OF ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Architect — F. G. Clausen, 78 
Attorneys — Ellis, Murphy & 

Gould, 85 

Parks & Pleasants, . 78 



Banks — Citizens National, 

Davenport, . . Cover 

Davenport National, Cover 
Davenport Savings, . 1 



Three Cities and Rock Island Arsenal. 



95 



Banks — First Nat, Davpt., 14 
First National, Moline, cover 
German Savings, . . 1 
Mitchell & Lynde, . . 90 
Moline National. . .Cover 
Moline Savings. . . cover 
People's National, . . 90 
Rock Island National, 90 

Boiler-Makers — Grape & Mur- 
ray, 3 

Books, etc., — Cramp ton & Co., 5 
Thompson & Carmichael, 84 
Boots and Shoes (wholesale) — 

Bryant & Doe, . . 80 

(Retail) — G. M. Schmidt, 7 

Box Factory — H. F. Moelier, 88 

Candies, etc. (wholesale) — 

Reimers & Fernald, 89 
(Retail) — B. F. Taylor, 7 

Carriages — J. L. Mason, . 81 

Cattle — Thoroughbred Jerseys, 8 1 

China and Crockery (whole- 
sale) — J. Lorenzen, 80 

Cigars and Tobacco — Otto 

Albrecht&Co., . . 82 
N. Kuhnen, .... 89 

Cloths and Clothing (whole- 
sale) — R. Krause, . 6 
(Retail) — I.Rothschild, 9 

Coal and Lime — J. S. Wylie, 3 

Commission House — M. D. 

Huggins, .... 82 

Corn Planters — Deere &Man- 

sur Co., .... 96 

Crackers and Biscuit — J. M. 

Christy, . ... 83 
Reupke, Schmidt & Co., 8 

Dentists — Morgan & McCand- 

less, 78 

Drugs and Meds. (wholesale) 

— Hartz & Bahnsen, 90 

Dry Goods (wholesale) — J. H. 

C. Petersen & Sons, 79 
W. C. Wads worth & Co., 2 

Elevators — Moline Elev. Co., 5 



Flouring Mills — Phoenix Mills, 79 
Foundry — Le Claire, . . 89 
Furniture — C. C. Knell, . 78 
Smith & McCullough, . 7 
West Davenport Furni- 
ture Co., .... 83 

Glucose Manufacturing Co., 7 
Groceries (wholesale) — Bei- 

derbecke & Miller, . 84 
Henry Dart's Sons, . 88 
(Retail) — Wm. Thompson, 8 

Hardware (wholesale) — Sick- 
els, PrestOn & CO., Cover 

Stewart & Montgomery, 91 
(Retail) — E.W. Spencer, 83 
Hats and Caps — Cameron & 

Son, 78 

Heating Co. , Davenp't Steam, 6 
Hotel — Harper House, . 91 

Insurance — Consort Life, . 92 
E. W. Hurst, ... 86 
Mississippi Valley Mutual, 96 

Iron, Hardware (wholesale) — 

Sieg & Williams, . 81 

Ladders — Davenport Ladder 

Co., 86 

Livery Stables — Benton's. . 9 

M. M. Briggs, ... 82 
Lumber — Cable Lumber Co., 9 

Keator Lumber Co., . 92 

Machinists — Ebi & Neuman, 79 
Williams, White & Co., 6 

Malleable Iron — Union Mal- 
leable Iron Co., . . 10 

Manufacturing Co., Barnard 

& Leas, .... 79 

Music House — W. W. Kim- 
ball & Co., ... 8 



78 
92 



Oat Meal Co., Davenport, 

Paints — Smith & Stearns, 
Photographs — Hastings, White 

2 
Deere & Co., . Cover 
-Moline Pump Co., 85 



& Fisher, 
Plows - 
Pumps- 



96 



Index of Advertisements. 



Railroads — Chicago, Burling- 
ton & Quincy, . .87 
Chicago, Rock Island & 

Pacific, .... 13 

Rock Island & Peoria, 87 

Real Estate Agt. — C. H. Kent, 4 

Sash, Doors, and Blinds — U. 

N. Roberts & Co., . 14 
Saws — D. Donaldson, . . 84 
Scales — Moline Scale Co., 89 
Shirt Factory — G. R. Marvin, 6 



Soaps — Warnock & Ralston, 84 
Steamboat Lines— Diamond Jo, 8 5 

St. L. & St. P. Packet Co., 86 
Stoves — E. W. Spencer, . 83 

Moline Stove Co., . . 82 

Tailors — I. Rothschild, . 9 

Thos. McCullough& Son, 91 

Toys, etc. — Berwald & Frisius, 9 

Wagons— G. H. Young & Co., 88 

Moline Wagon Co., . 10 

Woolen Mills, Davenport, . 80 



Deere &Mansur Co. 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS. 




MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED 



Deere Rotary Drop Corn-Planter, 

Deere Wire Check-Rower, 

Deere Moline Stalk-Cutters, 

siEisriD ifoir, ciectjlaes. 



Mississippi Valley Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Co, 



ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS. 



J. M. Gould, Treasurer. 



K. J). Hand, President. Wm. B. Ferguson, Secretary. 

Wm. E. Smith, Manager. 
Directors —J. 8. Keator, J. 8. Keator Lumber Co., Moline 111. ; J. M. Gould, Presi- 
dent First National Bank, Moline, 111.: S. II. VELiE, Deere & Co., Plow Works, Moline, 
III II \. Ainswoktii, Williams, White & Co., Iron Works, Moline, 111.; E. H. Ana- 
\vai,t, Pock Island Lumber and Mfg. Co., Rock Island, 111.; BEN.r. Heksiiey, Hershey 
Lumber Co., Muscatine, Iowa: E. I). Rand, Burlington, Iowa; Silas W. Gardiner, Gar- 
diner, BatCheldei & Willes, Lyons, Iowa; A. Lamb, Lamb & Sons, Clinton, Iowa; M. 
Dos miii;, Iron Works, Davenport, Iowa: C. M. Smith, Bradner Smith & Co., Chicago : 
Wm. ]'. Brown, President Minnesota Millers Association, Red Wing, Minn.; C. B. 
Shove. Underwriter, Minneapolis, Minn.; Wm. B. Ferguson, Underwriter, Rock Island, 
[11.; WM. EC. Smith, Underwriter, Rock Island, 111. 



ROBEBT SIOKELS. J. R. PRESTON. J. B. NUTTING. 

SICKELS. PRESTON & CO. 



MlBWilE 



226 West Second Street — Retail. 

121 and 123 West Third Street— Wholesale. 

DAVENPORT, IOWA. 

J. M. Gould, Pres. Chas. Atkinson, Vice-Pres. John S. Gillmoke, Cashier. 

First National Bank, 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS. 

Organized, December, 1863. Charter extended, February 24, 1883. 

Capital, - $100,000. | Surplus, - $30,000. 

Collections given prompt and careful attention, and remitted for at lowest rates on day of payment. 

Directors— J. M. Gonld, Chas. Atkinson, John Deere, Jas. Shaw, Jonathan Huntoon, 
D. C. Diinock, J. T. Browning, Chas. H. Deere, Samuel Bowles, H. A. Barnard, Porter 
Skinner, Morris Rosenfield, John S. Gillmore. 

Correspondents. — Northwestern National Bank, Chicago; Importers and Traders 
National Bank, New York. 

Moline National Bank, 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS. 



Capital, - $100,000. I Surplus, - $20,000. 

S. W. WHEELOCK, President. PORTER SKINNER, Vice-President. 
C. F. HEMENWAY, Cashier. 

Directors.— S. W. Wheelock, Porter Skinner, H. A. Barnard, J Silas I>as, Hiram 

Darling, N. Chester, A. S. Wright, Ezra Smith, J. M. Christv, L. E. Hemenway, 

C. Vitzthum, J. S. Keator, C. F. Hemenway. 

DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. 

Moline Savings Bank, 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS. 



Chartered by the State Legislature. The Only Chartered Savings 
Bank in Rock Island County. 



S. W. WHEELOCK, President. PORTER SKINNER, Vice-President. 

C. F. HEMENWAY, Cashier. 

Trustees.— S. W. Wheelock, Porter Skinner, H. A. Barnard, J. Silas Leas, Hiram 

Darling, N. Chester, A. S. Wright, Ezra Smith, J. M. Christy, L. E. Hemenway, 

C. Vitzthum, C. F. Hemenway. 

INTEREST ALLOWED AT FOUR PER CENT. 



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